Broadcasters BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 - have announced they intend to press ahead with previously-announced plans for three televised leaders' debates during the general election campaign, despite David Cameron saying he will only take part in one.
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Broadcasters have said they will go ahead with a series of TV debates despite Prime Minister David Cameron saying he will only take part in one.
ITV, Sky, BBC, and Channel Four said they will go ahead with plans for two debates featuring seven party leaders and a final head-to-head between David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
They urged Mr Cameron to reconsider his decision and to take part in the three debates.
David Cameron's refusal to take part in the TV debates as planned is further damaging the reputation of politics, Green leader Natalie Bennett said.
Ms Bennett told the BBC the proposed format was "very fair" and "clearly reflected the desire of the British public to hear a wide range of political views".
"The fact is Mr Cameron, with his stance, is really doing further damage to trust in British politics," she said.
Prime Minister David Cameron will reveal himself to be a "weak leader" if he refuses to take part in the TV debates, Ed Miliband has said.
The Labour leader said: "It is make your mind up time for David Cameron.
"He can keep running from these debates with me and show himself to be a weak leader running from his record.
"Or he can agree to the debates which the British people deserve and that our democracy needs," he added.
David Cameron's director of communications has told broadcasters it is "disappointing" they will not take up the Prime Minister's offer of a single, seven-way TV debate.
Craig Oliver wrote to the broadcasters on Wednesday with Mr Cameron's "final offer" of a single 90-minute debate featuring at least seven leaders to take place before March 30.
But in a joint statement, the broadcasters said they would stick to previously announced plans for three debates in April.
Mr Oliver wrote back to the broadcasters saying: "I made the Prime Minister's final position clear in my last letter - he is willing to do a seven-way debate in the week beginning March 23.
"Clearly it is disappointing that you are not prepared to take him up on that offer.
"I am ready to discuss at your convenience the logistics of making the debate we have suggested happen."
