Starmer urged to rebuild trust with civil service after ‘Trumpian’ language

Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised by civil service unions for the language he used (Darren Staples/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer must work to “immediately rebuild trust” with the civil service after using “Trumpian” language to describe them, the head of a union representing senior civil servants has said.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, FDA general secretary Dave Penman said civil servants had faced a difficult 15 years serving governments through austerity, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.