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The secretary of state for transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport. [3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Heidi Alexander (born 17 April 1975) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since November 2024. [1] A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South since 2024.
Louise Margaret Haigh (/ h eɪ ɡ /) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Transport from July to November 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Heeley since 2015.
Heidi Alexander has been appointed the new transport secretary following the resignation of Louise Haigh on Friday morning.. Ms Haigh became the first minister to quit Sir Keir Starmer’s ...
Ms Haigh told the PM her conviction would be a “distraction” from her work delivering Government policy.
Ms Haigh became the youngest female Cabinet minister to ever be appointed when she was made Transport Secretary earlier this year.
The Ministry of Transport was established by the Ministry of Transport Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. c. 50) which provided for the transfer to the new ministry of powers and duties of any government department in respect of railways , light railways , tramways , canals and inland waterways , roads , bridges and ferries , and vehicles and traffic ...
Details have emerged over how transport secretary Louise Haigh’s intervention ensured a new cap in bus fares would feature in the Budget