UKIP MEP suspended after expenses scandal

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Series Details 20.03.15
Publication Date 20/03/2015
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Janice Atkinson, a UK Independence Party's Member of the European Parliament, was suspended on 19 March 2015 due to accusations of European Parliament expenses fraud. Ms Atkinson was also barred from standing in the UK national election taking place in May 2015.

Her chief of staff was filmed by an undercover reporter from The Sun newspaper allegedly accepting a bogus restaurant receipt for almost treble the correct amount.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/ukip-mep-suspended-after-expenses-scandal-313086
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The Guardian, 20.03.15: Police to investigate expenses fraud allegations involving Ukip MEP http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/20/police-investigate-ukip-mep-janice-atkinson-expenses-fraud-allegations
The Guardian, 20.03.15: Farage 'deeply shocked' over expenses fraud claim involving Ukip MEP http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/20/farage-deeply-shocked-over-expenses-claim-involving-ukip-mep
BBC News, 20.03.15: UKIP suspends MEP Janice Atkinson over expenses claim http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-31976343
BBC News, 23.03.15: UKIP's Janice Atkinson expelled from party http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32028343
EurActiv, 24.03.15: UKIP expels MEP Janice Atkinson http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/ukip-expels-mep-janice-atkinson-party-313200

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