When she asked her employer for assurances that she would not be paid less the company refused to do so, triggering her decision to take them on.

BBC: City discrimination case reopened

Mr Darling said it was right "to do everything you can to help people get through a difficult period" but refused to be drawn on the nature or scope of any fiscal measures ahead of the Pre-Budget Report on 24 November.

BBC: Darling defends summit progress

If you do not produce a valid ticket when asked, "you could be refused travel entirely or asked to leave a train or station before you have completed your journey, " it adds.

BBC: George Osborne