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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.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Holding office in local government is a poisoned chalice for a party that bases its electoral appeal around issues where it has no power whatsoever, argues NICK WRIGHT
