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It's up to him to see the government gets its due (3,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tax collector

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'it's up to him to see the government' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'its due' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'due' could be 'collect' (similar in meaning) and 'collect' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'taxor' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'gets' is the link.

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(Another definition for tax collector that I've seen is " Old-fashioned publican".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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