Former Minister launches thin-veiled attack on Starmer over Reeves' 'mistake'

A Cabinet Minister forced to stand down over breaking the law has launched a thinly-veiled attack on Sir Keir Starmer for treating Rachel Reeves differently. Louise Haigh, who had to quit as Transport Secretary over a previous fraud conviction, contrasted her treatment with how the Chancellor had been let off with an apology by renting out her family home without a licence. Appearing on the BBC1's Have I Got News For You, Ms Haigh insisted Ms Reeves 'had made a mistake' but said the Prime Minister 'was absolutely right' to accept Ms Reeves apology as 'she's been exonerated'. However, when asked by panelist Ian Hislop whether that meant people generally 'who made mistakes should be exonerated', she appeared to draw a sharp distinction between her fate and Sir Keir's lenient approach to his Chancellor.