Ek-Ukip MEP Janice Atkinson, from Chislehurst, will not face criminal charges after a fraud probe into claims her assistant forged a recepit

Ms Atkinson was the subject of a police investigation into fraud after her assistant, Christine Hewitt, was reportedly caught on camera trying to forge a receipt.

The Sun newspaper was said to have secretly filmed Ms Hewitt trying to obtain an invoice for three times the amount of a meal, apparently with the intention of claiming it back from a Brussels fund.

The MEP was booted out of Ukip after the swindling scandal broke last March, and she was removed as a candidate for a seat in parliament in the upcoming May elections.

Her assistant was also expelled.

MORE TOP STORIES Now an independent MEP, Ms Atkinson said she was ‘delighted’ after Kent Police confirmed no further action would be taken against her.

She said: “It has been a truly terrible time and I have learnt a major lesson about the value of integrity in my working relationships.

“Like others, I have made mistakes and apologised for them but I will always continue to fight for the issues that affect my constituents.”

A spokesman from Kent police confirmed: “Following an allegation of fraud a woman who was interviewed has been informed that there will be no further action against her.

“Enquiries in the allegation continue.”