Ministers’ attacks on civil servants ‘damaged Whitehall staff retention’

Exclusive: Ethics watchdog castigates government over power imbalance and effect on morale of erosion in conventionsMinisters’ disparaging public attacks on civil servants have damaged staff retention and morale in Whitehall, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.Government officials have been accused of being “obstructive and furthering their own agenda”, according to the committee on standards in