David Cameron's former aide says on blog page, which has now been removed, that she plans political engagement programmes
Sarah Southern, the former David Cameron aide named in the "cash for access" allegations, does not describe herself as a "lobbyist". Rather, she is a political "consultant", she told undercover reporters on a secretly filmed Sunday Times video.
A more detailed description of her job can, perhaps, be gleaned from a cached internet page (her blog page and twitter page appeared to have been removed). On it her profile reads: "Since leaving party politics Sarah has worked with clients providing political insight and understanding of how the Conservatives are making decisions with the Coalition government. She has planned political engagements programmes for clients with positive results".
Southern is said to have worked for seven years with the Conservative Party, starting off in youth politics. She was part of the media strategy team during the 2010 election campaign.
In the video tape she described her relationship with Cameron thus: "I spent more time in the first third of [2010] with DC than I did with anybody else in my life ...I am friends with all the people who are now his closest advisers. I'm friends with the people who are chiefs of staff to members of the cabinet. I'm also friends with a number of people in the cabinet".