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Still getting plea for help about new Government services (9)

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I believe the answer is:

evensongs

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'services' is the definition.
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'still getting plea for help about new government' is the wordplay.
'still getting' becomes 'even' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'plea for help' becomes 'sos' (Save Our Souls distress message).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n' (abbreviation as in New Testament NT).
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'n'+'g'='ng'
'sos' placed around 'ng' is 'songs'.
'even'+'songs'='EVENSONGS'

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(Another definition for evensongs that I've seen is " Church services".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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