The Chief Constable who oversaw an inquiry into child sex abuse allegations against Sir Edward Heath has been forced to state there was no evidence the former Prime Minister or former MP Harvey Proctor were part of a Westminster paedophile ring.

Mike Veale, chief of Wiltshire Police, has assured Mr Proctor that neither he nor his colleagues have ever made such allegations, after the former Tory MP accused him of trashing his reputation.

Mr Proctor, who was cleared after Scotland Yard's disastrous VIP sex ring investigation, last month criticised Mr Veale's suggestion in a Sunday newspaper of a fresh inquiry into claims of cover-up and conspiracy in Westminster.

Mr Proctor has already said he will sue the Metropolitan Police over their handling of the investigation into historical child sex abuse allegations against him.

In correspondence released by Mr Proctor, he told Mr Veale it was “pure fantasy” to suggest he had been involved in a Westminister child sex ring with the former Prime Minister in the 1970s and 80s.