Brexit: Corbyn wants TV debate with May before I'm a Celebrity finale

ITV is frontrunner to broadcast head-to-head between the PM and Labour leader

Labour is pushing for Jeremy Corbyn to face Theresa May in an hour-long head-to-head Brexit debate on ITV on Sunday 9 December, in a primetime slot before the finale of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

Since Corbyn accepted May’s challenge to engage in a debate over the prime minister’s Brexit deal, broadcasters have been in discussions with Downing Street and Labour, with ITV, the BBC and Sky vying to host the confrontation.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2zqYOyg