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Mar 2025
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Pat McFadden prepares to 'prune' the Civ...

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The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster tells us about his plan to shake up the state, by incentivising under-performing civil servants to leave their jobs. Plus: a world exclusive play of a new scene from James Graham's Dear England.

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