It seems that cost cutting at the research councils knows no bounds. This year's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council annual report was sent to academics without the postage paid - forcing them to fork out Pounds 1.88 to receive a copy. One riled materials scientist said this could have cost universities thousands of pounds.
It is, however, only a drop in the ocean compared with the council's annual £500 million budget, which you can read all about in the report, of course.