Executives at the watchdog monitoring MPs’ expenses, Ipsa, may be milking the system themselves.
A court fined Network Rail £150,000 for health and safety breaches that led to the death of one worker and the serious injury of another.
There are some £35 billion in uncollected taxes, a public accounts committee found.
Striking lecturers at Chesterfield College won enormous support when they walked out this week against cuts.
Teachers at Sussex Downs College in Eastbourne struck on Thursday of last week against redundancies.
Civil service workers support more strikes over pensions if other unions strike with them.
Around 50 postgraduate students gathered for the "What is the Future for Young Academics" conference in London last Saturday. It was backed by the London region of the UCU union.
Lecturers at the University of Salford are balloting for strikes to stop redundancies.
The two biggest teaching unions in Britain could launch a united campaign of industrial action against cuts and attacks on education later this year.
Parents and children occupied one of Lord Harris’s Carpetright shops last Saturday in protest at his plans to take over schools in Haringey, north London. Around 30 people joined the protest, forcing the shop to close.
Teachers at Kimberley School in Nottinghamshire walked out on Tuesday of this week over plans to turn their school into an academy.
Enthusiastic meetings of 50 people in London and Manchester wrapped up the Caravan for a Million Climate Jobs tour last Friday.
