### Clue: After change of leaders plebs prepare to root out scandal (8)
### Answer: MUCKRAKE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: root out scandal
 "ruck"(the mass of ordinary people/plebs, derogatorily) + "make"(to prepare, as in "to prepare dinner") **with 1st letters of** "ruck" **and** "make" **exchanging places**( After change of leaders …). A Spoonerism, in fact.