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Deal reached on TV leadership election debates

Broadcasters have confirmed the dates when the televised leaders debates will go ahead.

David Cameron and Ed Miliband will take part in a live question and answer programme on Channel 4 and Sky News on March 26th but will not have a debate.

A debate with all of the seven party leaders will be broadcast on ITV on April 2nd.

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Green Party welcome decision on TV election debates

Natalie Bennett welcomed the news that the final decision on TV debates had been reached. Credit: Lynne Cameron / PA ARCHIVE IMAGES

The Green Party has welcomed a final decision on the dates for TV leadership debates ahead of the general election.

A debate with the seven party leaders will be broadcast on ITV on April 2nd.

David Cameron and Ed Miliband will take part in a live Q&A programme on Channel 4 and Sky News on March 26th but they will not have a debate.

Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said: "I welcome the fact that we now finally appear to have reached the end of the debate about the debates.

"David Cameron's intransigence has delayed this process, and taken away space in which we might have been debating the future of Britain - our low-pay, insecure jobs, the privatisation of our NHS, the urgency of cutting carbon emissions.

"Nonetheless, we can now move on, in the new age of multi-party politics in Britain."

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