Council employees must end work (7)
I believe the answer is:
dustmen
'council employees' is the definition.
'dustmen' can be an answer for 'employees' (dustman is a kind of employee). I am not sure about the 'council' bit.
'must end work' is the wordplay.
'work' indicates anagramming the letters.
'must'+'end'='mustend'
'mustend' with letters rearranged gives 'DUSTMEN'.
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