Keir Starmer does not have a problem with women, says transport secretary
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6RA6T)
Louise Haigh's remarks follow departures of PM's chief of staff Sue Gray and MP Rosie Duffield
Keir Starmer does not have a problem with women, the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, has said, but she admitted the government had made missteps".
Haigh, one of a number of female cabinet ministers who had been close to Starmer's former chief of staff Sue Gray, defended the prime minister after Gray left her post to be replaced by his campaign director, Morgan McSweeney.
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