A member of the U.K. Cabinet has resigned after reports revealed she was convicted in a fraud case more than a decade ago.

British Transport Secretary Louise Haigh submitted her resignation in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, saying while she is "totally committed to our political project ... it will be best served by my supporting you for outside government."

"I am sorry to leave under these circumstances, but I take pride in what we have done," she wrote.

Her letter came hours after Sky News and The Times of London published reports revealing Haigh was charged with fraud in 2013 when she incorrectly........

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