The UK Cabinet Office has declined to comment on the leaks, but said the government had "made it clear that it is committed to radically increasing accountability and improving efficiency".

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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude told the BBC the aim was to "make the UK one of the most secure places in the world to do business".

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Later a Cabinet Office source told the BBC about 5% of public sector workers, from all over the UK, were affected, estimated at tens of thousands of people.

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