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Advance sight of a Cabinet Office review into the civil service's LGBT record, another SNP-Whitehall fracas, and feverish Budget speculation make our regular round-up of Whitehall in the headlines

 Vince Cable confirms Ruth McKernan to step into Iain Gray's shoes at business innovation body

Business minister Matt Hancock appoints Graham Farrant as new chief executive of the Land Registry

Prime minister David Cameron says review body's call to raise salary minima for Pay Band 1 by £2,000 would undermine 'flexibility'

Departments tell National Audit Office cross-government working would be bolstered by better 'support and challenge' at the centre of government

Officials invited to 'speed-dating’ networking event to raise awareness of flexible working options

Centre of government has 'little oversight' of departmental travel policies, the National Audit Office warns

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude hails £26m-a-year facility-time savings, but Labour's Lucy Powell goes on the attack

Department for Education announces members for commission on new ways to assess pupil ability

Four new members appointed to Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Sir Patrick Brown appointed as chair of the Oil and Gas Authority

Institute for Government urges greater focus on collaboration and long-term planning