Transport secretary resigns after it emerged she pleaded guilty to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013

Andrew Fisher, who was head of policy for Jeremy Corbyn when Corbyn was Labour leader, told the Today programme that Louise Haigh was having to go because Keir Starmer “panicked” in response to a media attacked.

Her departure was “ a real loss in terms of the effectiveness of government”, he said.

In 2013 I was mugged while on a night out. I was a young woman and the experience was terrifying.

I reported it to the police and gave them a list of what I believed had been taken - including a work mobile phone that had been issued by my employer.