A Sheffield MP has resigned from the Cabinet this morning, after a historic conviction for misleading the police came to light. 

Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley and Secretary of State for Transport, told Keir Starmer today that she will now best support his political project from outside the government. 

The resignation comes after Sky News revealed last night that Haigh pled guilty to incorrectly telling police that a mobile phone had been stolen from her in 2013. 

Ms Haigh said she discovered that the phone had not been taken until some time later and admitted that not telling her employer earlier was a “mistake”. 

A spokesperson for the Conservative Party has said: “The onus is now on Keir Starmer to explain this obvious failure of judgement to the British public.”