[Source](https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/07/21/britains-new-prime-minister-appoints-convicted-fraudster-to-cabinet-to-run-his-executive-functions/) > Andy Burnham, the newly installed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has appointed Louise Haigh, who has a past conviction for fraud, to a significant Cabinet role. Haigh will lead the newly created Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, overseeing operations in London and Manchester and, most controversially, “Propriety and ethics” in government and the Civil Service.