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Representing Leave, Boris Johnson, Labour MP Gisela Stuart and energy minister Andrea Leadsom went head-to-head with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress Frances O'Grady for Remain.

Boris Johnson will face an all-female team of Remain campaign opponents during a TV debate on the EU this week as David Cameron's camp attempts to neutralise the former Mayor and win over women.

Mr Hilton, who helped Mr Cameron become Tory leader and enter Downing Street, attacked his former friend’s reluctance to face any challenger as “bad for democracy”.

Party leaders have clashed over health and education in their final TV debate before the Welsh Assembly election.

The leaders of Wales’ five main political parties went head-to-head over issues including the economy, the ongoing crisis in the steel industry, schools and health in a live radio debate on Sunday.

Former minister says only Green Party would do work to make Paris Agreement reality.

Five parties were represented in the debate – unlike in last year’s general election debates, the Greens were not included.

The findings we have presented show that the 2015 TV election debates performed a crucially important civic role, reaching sections of the population least likely to be touched by the rest of the campaign; helping citizens to acquire the information they need to make meaningful choices; and thereby

He said it was the “key responsibility of all political leaders” to increase the public’s involvement in politics.

In autumn 2014, during the last few weeks of the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign, researchers at Robert Gordon University explored the Twitter response to three live televised political debates, each of which involved high-profile participants.