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Ukip released a letter from the European Parliament watchdog which it said showed its former leader had no case to answer over allegations he had broken EU spending rules. But this evening officials at the parliament's offices in London reacted with bemusement to the claims, telling Express.co.uk that Mr Farage had been cleared of nothing. Last week left-wing media reported that Mr Farage, alongside current leader Paul Nuttall and six other MEPs, were being probed by Brussels investigators.

Reports claimed the group were suspected of having deployed their EU parliament assistants on national party work in the UK. A spokesman for Ukip tonight told Express.co.uk that Mr Farage has not been informed that he is under investigation, either in writing or verbally. He also produced a letter, dated November 16 and written by Brussels official Frank Antoine-Poirel, which said that all the “requirements” in terms of funding “have been met”.

GETTY Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been cleared of misspending EU cash

GETTY Current Ukip leader Paul Nuttall was also named in the claims

In a statement the former Ukip leader added: “The European Parliament has stated that my employment of local assistants is in order and reasonable. “I would politely ask people to correct and not repeat false allegations that I am under investigation because it is not true. “It would be appreciated if people were made aware and acknowledged that I have been given the all clear." But the EU Parliament’s information office in the UK disputed the statement by the former Ukip leader, insisting that the letter related to an “annual accounts exercise” and not any claims of impropriety. It said the document was a “simple confirmation that the books of the assistants employed by Mr Farage were kept in accordance to the Parliament’s requirements and that they were sent on time by the MEPs paying agent”.

NC Mr Farage was cleared by the EU Parliament watchdog

In a statement it added: “This annual accounts exercise, which the letter refers to, does not evaluate the nature of the work carried out by MEPs’ assistants. “In short - the letter does not form part of the inquiry for alleged misuse of funds by a number of Ukip MEPs, and therefore cannot possibly clear or indeed convict anyone of anything.” However, a spokesman for Mr Farage shot back, saying in a strongly worded statement that EU officials should notify the ex Ukip leader formally if he is suspected of any wrongdoing. He said: "If the European Parliament staff wish to make any allegations against an MEP they should inform them in writing, otherwise it can be regarded as Kafkaesque selective victimisation because of political views and worthy of the Communist USSR."

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