Head of Government whips up complaints (7)

I believe the answer is:

grouses

'complaints' is the definition.
(grouse can mean a complaint or grumble)

'head of government whips up' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
'whips up' becomes 'rouses' (whip up can mean to rouse or stimulate).
The initial letter of 'government' is 'g'.
'g'+'rouses'='GROUSES'

(Another definition for grouses that I've seen is " Complains".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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