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Janice Atkinson suspended over food expense fiddling claims

UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson could face fraud charges after police launched an investigation yesterday into claims that she fiddled food expenses.

Ms Atkinson, who was caught calling a Thai woman “ting tong” last year, has been suspended from Ukip pending a disciplinary panel on Monday.

Now detectives from Kent and Essex serious crime squads are examining allegations that her office deliberately tried to overcharge the European Parliament.

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