Some departments have lost almost half of their staff, a former agency employee told the newspaper.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the sculpture quickly captured the attention of both intelligence agency employees and the general public.

As agency employees, we do not identify with, support, or champion opposition to the administration or its policies.

It also found that agency employees were routinely more poorly paid than directly employed staff.

Pressure grew on the city council's social services amid claims of staff shortages and a damaging reliance on agency employees.