Report politician after first of scandals (5)
I believe the answer is:
story
'report' is the definition.
(I know that report can be written as story)
'politician after first of scandals' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'first of scandals' becomes 's' (1st letter of 'scandals').
'tory' after 's' is 'STORY'.
(Other definitions for story that I've seen before include "See 10 and 19" , "Narrative or account" , "Account, tale" , "Tale - lie" , "Rumour" .)