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Piece dedicated to Council of Europe and staff (9)

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I believe the answer is:

workforce

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'staff' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'piece dedicated to council of europe' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'piece' could be 'r' (abbreviation for Rook) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'to' could be 'for' and 'for' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'europe' could be 'e' (abbreviation eg in E number) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for workforce that I've seen before include "Staff" , "Team labouring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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