Lobbying – the next big scandal?

David Cameron warned today that corporate lobbying in Parliament was "the next big scandal waiting to happen" [hattip Paul Waugh]. I agree. On August 13th last year, I wrote in PR Week of my "hunch that sooner or later we'll see a big Westminster story about the way that some lobbyists seek to buy influence."  I went on the mention "the revolving door between Whitehall and business" specifically. The digital revolution smashes hierarchy, opening up the cosy Commons to scrutiny.  It is about to do the same to the world of back-room deals cut between big government and big corporations, of corporatist conspiracies against the taxpayer. ...