civil service
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Insiders seem confident that extensive vetting must have been done before Dame Antonia was given the top civil service job in the Home Office.
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She now runs the village shop in Pirnmill and was counting on getting her civil service pension to clear debts and ensure the future of the shop.
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In a Q&A, Cooper told reporters the plans would not result in any cuts to civil service jobs.
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One change we are expecting imminently is the departure of Sir Chris Wormald, who as cabinet secretary is the head of the civil service.
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The pension administrator, Capita, took on management of civil service pensions in December and said it had been left with a much bigger backlog of cases than originally agreed.
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