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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Politics
Jon Sharman

Question Time Leaders Special: When is it, who is presenting and will Theresa May debate Jeremy Corbyn?

Party leaders will face each other on a pair of BBC Question Time leaders' special episodes ahead of the general election on 8 June.

On Friday 2 June, Theresa May will meet Jeremy Corbyn for a question-and-answer session in York. It is due to last 90 minutes. It will not be a head-to-head debate. Tune in from 8.30pm on BBC One.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron will go up against the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh on Sunday. Again on BBC One, the second programme will begin at 5.55pm and last one hour.

Both programmes will be presented by regular Question Time host David Dimbleby.

Members of the audience will question the leaders, who will answer consecutively but not debate each other.

It follows the refusal of Ms May to take part in televised election debates. Home Secretary Amber Rudd stood in during the BBC's debate programme. All the other party leaders took part.

Head of BBC Newsgathering, Jonathan Munro, said: "It is firmly in the public interest for audiences to hear from those seeking election.

"We know they connect with these formats because they are a public moment to focus on and audience members from all across the country get the chance to ask politicians their own questions."

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