The cabinet secretary brands the characterisation 'dehumanising' and 'totally unacceptable'.
, the country's most senior civil servant, said he had witnessed an"increased number of attacks" on the civil service that had"undoubtedly undermined the good functioning of government".
In recent years a number of ministers and former ministers have taken to blaming"the blob" - a byword for the civil service - for their frustrations over policy, most notably Brexit.
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