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The Secret Civil Servant

The Secret Civil Servant: We come up with solutions and ministers ignore them

A Whitehall worker wants people to know civil servants understand the public's frustrations over the cost of living crisis and are just as angry.

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The Secret Civil Servant: We come up with solutions and ministers ignore them

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