Nigel Farage Suspends Ukip MEP for Alleged Bogus Expense Claim

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Nigel Farage has revealed to have called up Ukip MEP for South East and a candidate for the Folkestone and Hythe constituency, Janice Atkinson, in the middle of the night to demand an explanation regarding the recent expense allegations. He announced that Atkinson has been suspended by the party in light of a report alleging that a member of her staff was filmed discussing claiming back a restaurant bill.

In a secret film unveiled by The Sun newspaper, a member of Atkinson’s staff apparently plotted to replace a £950 bill with an invoice for £3,500 to "repatriate" expense from the EU. In his remarks, Mr Farage highlighted that he called Miss Atkinson at midnight but did not receive a "clear" explanation of what had happened. He explained that the party will now hold a formal inquiry on Monday and that the alleged bogus expense claim may be illegal. Farage alleged that "I was deeply shocked when I saw it. It was one of the most incredibly stupid and dishonest things I have every seen in my life. This was a member of staff. Exactly what relation that this member of staff and Janice Atkinson had I don't know.”

Mr Farage stressed that "we have suspended Janice Atkinson and will hold a disciplinary hearing as soon as possible chaired independently by somebody from the legal profession. We will ask the questions and we will judge. On the evidence of what that member of staff did it does not look very good.” It was added that "after midnight, she was in bed. I said what on earth's going on, what is this? She said there was confusion, there was a mess up. I didn't get a clear answer. She was asleep when I called. As far as the member of staff is concerned they have asked a commercial enterprise to do something that is against the law."

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