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The findings we have presented show that the 2015 TV election debates performed a crucially important civic role, reaching sections of the population least likely to be touched by the rest of the campaign; helping citizens to acquire the information they need to make meaningful choices; and thereby

He said it was the “key responsibility of all political leaders” to increase the public’s involvement in politics.

In autumn 2014, during the last few weeks of the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign, researchers at Robert Gordon University explored the Twitter response to three live televised political debates, each of which involved high-profile participants.

Candidates bidding to become the next leader of the Labour Party have called the government's decision to halt the Midland Mainline electrification project "disastrous" for Nottinghamshire.

The consultants drafted in by the Labour leader claim to work with politicians to build ‘leadership skills’ using ‘neuroscience’ and ‘business psychology’.

A CHELMSFORD schoolboy stole the limelight in the first televised leaders' debate when his question set the agenda for the politicians and sparked a social media storm.

The Assembly's only Ukip MLA has written to the BBC to demand that his party be included in a local leaders debate programme.

BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nicky Campbell will host the show from Grimsby Fish Docks and it is expected that each of the seven candidates vying for the seat will debate the issues of the day.

The notes show the meticulous preparation the Labour leader had undertaken ahead of the debate and the extent to which some of his phrases were wellrehearsed lines.

Four of the most senior female politicians in Britain have signed up to a live election debate onLBC.