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The search for Madeleine McCann will go on until there is ‘nothing left to do’, Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said today.

The investigation into the youngster’s disappearance, Operation Grange, has already cost more than £12.5 million since it was launched back in 2011.

Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari on Friday, Ms Dick also insisted there is ‘not a funding issue’ as she vowed to keep the search going.

She said: ‘We are working closely with Portuguese authorities and the German authorities, and we will continue until there is nothing left to do.’

The commissioner added: ‘There is not a funding issue. So far (we have) received support every time we have felt there was a line of inquiry to pursue.’

Madeleine was three years old when she went missing on May 3, 2007, while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz on Portugal’s Algarve coast.

German investigators currently have a prime suspect, a convicted sex offender called Christian Brueckner, who they believe abducted and murdered Madeleine.

The Met has to secure a grant from the Home Office to fund the ongoing hunt.

Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry have also raised more than £750,000 to pay for a private search if the police operation comes to a close.

The campaign group keeping the memory of missing Madeleine alive this week vowed it is ‘never going to give up’ its search as it marked her 18th birthday.

The well-known image of Madeleine in a pink sun hat was posted on the Official Find Madeleine Campaign Facebook group with the words ‘Happy 18th Birthday Madeleine!’

Last week, her parents said every May that passes is a ‘reminder of years passed, of years together lost, or stolen’.

In a post on the Find Madeleine Facebook page, they said that Covid-19 has made the past year even harder, but thanked the police for continuing their investigation.

The couple said: ‘We hang on to the hope, however small, that we will see Madeleine again. As we have said repeatedly, we need to know what has happened to our lovely daughter, no matter what.

‘We still receive so many positive words and good wishes despite the years that have gone by. It all helps and for that we are truly grateful – thank you.’

The Metropolitan Police continue to treat Madeleine’s disappearance as a missing persons inquiry.

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