Met probes electoral fraud claims after Tories 'induced Brexit Party candidates to stand down'
Win an iPhone 11: http://bit.ly/2Od5erf. Met probes electoral fraud claims after Tories 'induced Brexit Party candidates to stand down'. Scotland Yard is assessing two allegations of electoral fraud after claims the Tories offered peerages to senior Brexit Party figures to persuade them to stand down in the General Election.
Lord Falconer wrote to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Director of Public Prosecutions yesterday calling for a probe into what he said were 'exceptionally serious allegations'.
The Labour former lord chancellor said it should be investigated as a matter of urgency and must be looked at by police in order to maintain public confidence in the integrity of the election.
His letter to Dame Cressida Dick and Max Hill QC refers to Nigel Farage's claim that he and eight other senior figures within the Brexit Party were offered peerages.
And Ann Widdecombe spoke on LBC today to reveal that she is prepared to 'swear on the Bible' that she had been offered a role in the next phase of Brexit allegations.
Brexit Party candidate for Peterborough, Mike Greene, was also allegedly offered an unpaid role in education in the hope that he would stand aside - according to a Conservative source reported by the BBC.
The Metropolitan Police said: 'The MPS has received two allegations of electoral fraud and malpractice in relation to the 2019 General Election.
'The MPS special enquiry team is responsible for investigating all such criminal allegations. Both allegations are currently being assessed.
'The MPS will not be providing comment about individual cases.'
Mr Farage has claimed he had repeatedly been offered a seat in the House of Lords in an attempt to persuade him to 'go quietly'.
He said that when that failed, people working 'deep inside Number 10' had tried to bypass him, going directly to senior Brexit Party figures and suggesting eight of them could be made peers if they could persuade him to withdraw more of his
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