“The next big scandal”

Update: Tory Co-Treasurer Peter Cruddas has resigned overnight. The line which is being focussed on most from the Sunday Times report seems to be:

“If you’re unhappy about something, we will listen to you and put it into the policy committee at number 10 – we feed all feedback to the policy committee.”

In light of the big Sunday Times splash, it’s worth remembering what Cameron said about lobbying two years ago:

“It is the next big scandal waiting to happen. It’s an issue that crosses party lines and has tainted our politics for too long, an issue that exposes the far-too-cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money.”

And here’s that Sunday Times front page:

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