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The year of woe behind the civil servants strike

Political turmoil made 2022 a year of frustration and powerlessness for civil servants.

By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio and Samir Jeraj

This article was originally published on 21 December 2022. It being repromoted today (15 March) as Wednesday sees the biggest strike by civil servants so far. As many as 150,000 are expected to take part.

Civil servants in Whitehall, and the rest of Britain, first realised Liz Truss was going to resign as Prime Minister the night before she took to her spiralled podium on Downing Street.

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