United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal with each MP receiving a letter in which they were informed whether or not they would be required to repay any expenses they had claimed. Among those who had to repay expenses were Prime Minister Gordon Brown who claimed £12,415 for cleaning and gardening costs and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg who was asked to pay back £910 from a £3,900 claim he made for gardening between 2006 and 2009. Conservative leader David Cameron was asked to provide more information regarding over-claiming in 2006 when he changed his mortgage, he had already repaid £218. Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith apologised
Plug-in electric vehicles in the United Kingdom Sunderland, which further reduced the purchase price by . , the UK government had pledged to support the deployment of plug-in vehicles in the five years between March 2010 and March 2015. However, , only had been spent and an additional of had been committed for projects up to March 2015, of which, were allocated for research and development; on infrastructure such as public charging points; and in consumer purchase incentives (Plug-in Car Grant). , the UK has around 5,000 public charging points, of which, only 200 are quick chargers. By April 2014 the UK was the leader in quick