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
Government of Ireland Act 1920 (Parliamentary and Dáil constituencies) Government of Ireland Act 1920 (Parliamentary and Dáil constituencies) The Government of Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. 67) was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for parliamentary constituencies in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. Sinn Féin used these constituencies to elect the Second Dáil (1921–22) and the Southern Ireland ones to elect the Third Dáil (1922–23). Sinn Féin decided to use these constituencies (in both parts of Ireland), for the purposes of the revolutionary Dáil Éireann. The 1921 elections were