The departing transport secretary stood out as a leftwinger, one of the few Corbyn frontbenchers Starmer retained

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Louise Haigh was the youngest woman ever to be appointed to the cabinet when she was made transport secretary in July, but she was also a rare political survivor.

Having been elected in 2015, she was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership that year. She was rewarded for that decision with a frontbench role when he made her a shadow Cabinet Office minister aged just 28.