BBC CONFIRMS LEADERS INTERVIEWS WITH NICK ROBINSON

Nick Robinson has invited the leaders of the seven biggest political parties in Great Britain for a series of BBC Panorama specials ahead of the General Election on Thursday 4 July.

The confirmed interviews are:

• Monday 10 June at 20:00 – Rishi Sunak, Conservative Party

• Tuesday 11 June at 22:40 – Nigel Farage, Reform UK

• Wednesday 12 June at 19:00 (BBC One and BBC One Scotland) – John Swinney, SNP

• Wednesday 12 June at 19:00 (BBC One Wales) – Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru

• Tuesday 18 June at 22:40 - Adrian Ramsay, Green Party

• Friday 28 June at 20:30 - Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats

The BBC has also invited Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, to be interviewed by Nick Robinson.

Jonathan Munro, Deputy CEO BBC News and Director of Journalism, says: "Nick Robinson is a formidable political interviewer. Over the next few weeks, he’ll be putting the questions that matter most to audiences up and down the country to the leaders of the biggest political parties in Great Britain. These interviews are a crucial part of our election coverage as we get more time to sit down with them and put their policy ambitions to the test."