BBC and ITV plan leaders' debates despite May's refusal to take part

One of the debates held before the 2015 general election in which the leaders of five political parties, but not the Conservatives or Lib Dems, took part.The BBC and ITV are pushing ahead with plans for leaders’ debates in the run-up to the general election despite Theresa May’s insistence that she would rather not take part.News executives at the BBC and ITV confirmed they were “working hard” on plans to televise the debates between leaders because of the “overwhel