Documents describe the end of government cuts (6)

I believe the answer is:

filets

'cuts' is the definition.
(filet is a kind of cut)

'documents describe the end of government' is the wordplay.
'documents' becomes 'files'.
'describe' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the end of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'government' is 't'.
'files' placed around 't' is 'FILETS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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