1 Dec 2024

UK correspondent Alice Wilkins

From Sunday Morning, 8:51 am on 1 December 2024
Big Ben and Palace of Westminster, 1858, clock tower of Palace of Westminster or Houses of Parliament, London, UK, 1840-60, by Sir Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, seen from South Bank Millenium Bridge Pier.

Photo: AFP

In the UK, Louise Haigh has quit as Transport Secretary, just ahead of announcing plans to nationalise the railways, after confirming she once pleaded guilty to a fraud offence involving an insurance claim for a stolen mobile phone that was not stolen.

Sunday Morning UK correspondent Alice Wilkins catches us up on this, and the other events of the week.