London (CNN) London's Metropolitan Police says it is assessing two allegations of "fraud and malpractice" in relation to the UK election, amid claims Conservative Party figures offered seats in the House of Lords to Brexit Party election candidates to persuade them to stand down.

The claims were made by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage on Thursday, after he had announced his party would not field candidates at the December election in any of the 317 seats currently held by the Conservatives, to avoid splitting the pro-Brexit vote.

In a video posted on Twitter, Farage said he was offered a peerage if he were to "go quietly" at the election. He said when that failed eight of his Brexit Party candidates were also offered seats in the House of Lords, the UK parliament's upper chamber, if they could convince the party's leadership to stand down in marginal constituencies.

The former UKIP leader went on to say that the offer to his party's candidates came from "people who work deep inside Number 10 Downing Street," but added that he did not believe Prime Minister Boris Johnson was involved.

In a statement, the Met 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."

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