Conservative leadership race: BBC will host final TV debate
The BBC will host final TV debate for the final two candidates left in the race for No 10 – it comes just after the ky News debate was cancelled after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out.
Our Next Prime Minister will be broadcast on BBC One at 21:00 BST on Monday -hosted by Sophie Raworth.
MPs are voting today to narrow the race to three candidates, before a final ballot tomorrow and then a summer of hustings followed by a nationwide vote by party members.
Channel 4 and ITV have already hosted debates – they were certainly lively events.
Jonathan Munro, the interim director of BBC News and Current Affairs, said: “We’re delighted to be offering BBC audiences the chance to be part of this pivotal moment in politics and hear, first-hand, from the final two candidates as they compete to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.”
The BBC debate will prove to be of great importance ahead of a summer of campaigning for the final two candidates. A new PM will be announced on 5 September.
Our Next Prime Minister will take place in front of an audience of between 80 and 100 people in Stoke.
The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason and BBC economics editor Faisal Islam will be providing an analysis of the candidates’ answers.
The BBC have said they will invite the final two candidates to each take part in a one-on-one interview with Nick Robinson in a special TV program – Our Next Prime Minister: The Interviews.