... angrily threw out a £l5-a-year offer on their London allowance, despite a midnight deadline from Education Secretary Mrs. Margaret Thatcher. The engineers' pay deal, backdated to November 1, means a new minimum wage of £26-50. The rise is equal to 18 per cent ...

... said: Mrs. Thatcher milked children now she's milking teachers Another said: Mean miserly Margaret stuff your £15. Snatch Others said: Thatch the snatch, and You know what you can du with your £ls.' Education Minister Margaret Thatcher had offered ...