Economy

A lack of planning, a breakdown of cabinet government, the sidelining of civil service advice – the parallels between the Iraq debacle and the aftermath of the Brexit vote are striking, argues Sue Cameron

Department creates new unit at Marsham Street under stewardship of former chief technology officer Sarah Wilkinson

Commercial Standards are getting an overhaul, the Cabinet Office confirms, but wider "Blueprints" are still not finished

Watchdog says "less transactional" process is required and criticises Single Departmental Plans for failing to meet transparency goals

New report praises cross-government progress since 2010 but questions the value of Single Departmental Plans

Former minister for the Cabinet Office takes on the digital and culture brief in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Former special adviser to universities minister David Willetts says moving higher education policy to the Department for Education creates an "extra layer of uncertainty" at a time when institutional memory is needed

Sir Andrew Cahn says seismic shifts in departmental structures risk significantly delaying crucial post-EU referendum policy work.

Tom Scholar rejects suggestion referendum preparations were weak and focused on securing a “Remain” result – but confirms existence of civil service-wide resource review

Former Public Accounts Committee chair tells PoliticsHome that she is "truly shocked" at Sir Nick Macpherson's new role with C Hoare & Co

Roxburgh fills post previously held by John Kingman, who is leaving to become new chair of Legal & General

HM Treasury’s new permanent secretary Tom Scholar arrives in post via a somewhat different route to long-serving predecessor Sir Nick Macpherson. Colin Marrs takes a look at his career to date and speaks to those who've worked alongside him