Ukip MEP suspended amid inflated expenses allegations

Janice Atkinson's chief of staff allegedly asked a restaurant in Kent to provide a marked-up invoice

Janice Atkinson and Nigel Farage
(Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Ukip MEP Janice Atkinson has been suspended from the party after her chief of staff was filmed allegedly claiming inflated expenses for a lunch event.

Atkinson, who once called a Thai constituent a "ting tong", hosted a Women's Lunch at The Hoy restaurant in Margate, Kent, during Ukip's Spring Conference on 27 February.

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