the civil servicenoun
uk/ˌsɪv.əl ˈsɜː.vɪs/us/ˌsɪv.əl ˈsɝː.vɪs/the government departments responsible for putting central government plans into action:
The British civil service is supposed to be non-political.
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Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
- cabinet
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- functionary
- government
- Home Secretary
- kitchen cabinet
- mandarin
- marshal
- private secretary
- public servant
- regulator
- secretary
- Secretary of State
- senior statesman
- the Privy Council
- Whitehall
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