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Internal candidate emerges as Whitehall ‘CFO'

Whitehall has chosen an existing civil servant to act as 'chief financial officer' looking at spending across all government departments, the FT repor

An internal Treasury candidate will be unveiled as Whitehall's 'chief financial officer' later this week according to the FT. Previously the Institute for Government encouraged the Treasury to ensure the role had a strategic function to look at spending across Whitehall departments.

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