Transport Secretary called threat to UK car plants "maddening"

And is Wales’s Dragon charging network breaching language legislation?

Hello, I’m Tom Riley, and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

Top story today… Everything you need to know about Lou Haigh’s resignation, a quick review of our new Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, plus her likely views on the EV debate.

Elsewhere… Is Dragon Charging Network in breach of the Welsh Language Act, Jaguar’s recent rebrand, and big moves at major carmakers.

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The Transport Secretary resigns! Long live the Transport Secretary!

Context: Last Thursday evening, a story emerged about Louise Haigh MP suggesting she’d committed fraud. Her crime was that a company phone (belonging to her then employer Aviva) had switched on after she’d previously reported it stolen to police in 2013 - after she was mugged. Haigh claimed it was a genuine mistake and had not thought to tell her employer quickly enough after discovering the phone wasn’t stolen. All …