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"Be it in the army, civil protection, civil service or voluntary firefighters, the idea is for every young person to contribute to the collective wellbeing," she said.

The Office of Personnel Management began sending emails to the entire civil service asking what it is they actually do.

The protests against civil service quotas, which sparked last year's uprising, came as Bangladesh struggled with the escalating costs of living in the wake of the pandemic.

Ambassadors are managed by the Foreign Office and the civil service, and bosses of both were answering questions from MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Faced with increasing class sizes and behavioural issues, the 39-year-old, from North Tyneside, left teaching to work for the civil service.