Liz Truss appoints James Bowler to top Treasury role

​Bowler becomes permanent secretary at Treasury after apparent reversal of plans to bring in outsiderLatest politics news – liveLiz Truss has appointed a longtime civil servant with 20 years of experience in the Treasury as its most senior official, in an about-turn seemingly aimed at reassuring financial markets and nervous Conservative MPs.James Bowler, who was permanent secretary at the Department for International Trade (DIT), would now take that role at the Treasury, a government statement said, replacing Tom Scholar, the long-term incumbent sacked by Kwasi Kwarteng as one of his first acts as chancellor. Continue reading…