Theresa May’s first test is to stand up to the lobbyists | Simon Jenkins

David Cameron promised and failed. From Trident and HS2 to Heathrow’s third runway and Hinkley Point C, we’re wasting billions while a select few cash in

We were warned – and by David Cameron, no less. In February 2010, shortly before taking office, he said “the next big scandal waiting to happen” was the “far too cosy relationship between politics, government, business and money”, the world of the political lobbyist. He knew: he was one once. He pledged he would “come clean about who is buyin...