The Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP

Biography

Louise Haigh was the Secretary of State for Transport from 5 July 2024 to 29 November 2024.

She was the youngest female Cabinet Minister to ever be appointed.  

Louise was elected as the MP for Sheffield Heeley in May 2015.  

Since being elected as an MP, Louise has held a number of shadow ministerial roles, including Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from 2021 to 2024.  

Louise served as a Special Constable in the Met Police between 2009 and 2011 and worked for Aviva as a public policy manager from 2012 to 2015. 

Louise studied politics at Nottingham University and law at Birkbeck, University of London.

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• Louise Haigh's resignation letter and the Prime Minister's response: 29 November 2024
  • 29 November 2024
  • Correspondence
• Integrated National Transport Strategy for England
  • 28 November 2024
  • Written statement
• Integrated National Transport Strategy
  • 28 November 2024
  • Speech
• Transport Secretary unveils her vision for integrated transport across England
  • 28 November 2024
  • Press release
• Revamped taskforce set to deliver a sustainable vision for aviation
  • 25 November 2024
  • Press release
• UK sanctions Iran for aiding Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, as Foreign Secretary chairs UN Security Council
  • 18 November 2024
  • Press release
• £1 billion government funding boost for bus services across England to help end postcode lottery
  • 17 November 2024
  • Press release
• CAA publication of independent report into NATS technical failure
  • 14 November 2024
  • Written statement
• Next steps for East West Rail
  • 14 November 2024
  • Written statement
• East West Rail to boost Oxford-Cambridge region by billions
  • 14 November 2024
  • Press release

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