Treasury names Cameron's Europe advisor as permanent secretary

A top advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron was named as the most senior civil servant at the finance ministry on Friday, a few weeks after helping to secure Cameron's deal for changes to Britain's status in the European Union Tom Scholar, who has also acted as a senior British envoy to the Group of Seven and Group of 20 countries, will replace Nick Macpherson as the Treasury's permanent secretary, one of the most influential positions within Britain's public sector. Chancellor George Osborne