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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gavin Cordon

Kabul whistleblower warns of Civil Service politicisation under Tories

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A whistleblower who helped expose the Government’s chaotic response to the fall of Kabul has warned that the Civil Service has become dangerously politicised.

Josie Stewart, a former senior official at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), said civil servants increasingly saw it as their job to protect ministers rather than to serve the public.

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