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The head of the union for senior civil servants has urged Rishi Sunak to stop letting ministers call officials lazy, woke, inefficient, remainer snowflakes or brand them machiavellian geniuses trying to unseat the government.In comments released ahead of its annual conference, Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union, also accused the prime minister of treating civil servants like second-class public-sector workers after the government offered them a worse pay deal than teachers and health staff.

Rishi Sunak has appointed the fifth education secretary in just under four months.Loyal backer Gillian Keegan was drafted into the role during the cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, taking over from Kit Malthouse.Mr Malthouse announced his departure in a Twitter post, saying: As I leave the Department for Education, I do so with profound gratitude to officials, my private office team, and brilliant advisers, who all worked so hard.