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It also features a number of other stories, including that Cabinet Secretary Antonia Romeo will use her first speech in the post to say the civil service "must urgently improve productivity".

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

He quit the civil service in 1994 and subsisted on welfare checks while teaching himself to write plays because they seemed simpler than movies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

He took the entry-level civil service job because it wouldn’t tempt him into a career or distract him from thinking about his characters and stories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"As far away from the budget we are... we're also away from civil service pay."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Recognizing the public's disdain for the spoils system, he called for a law regulating civil service jobs within the government.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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