I want to be in the Midlands, not debating Miliband says PM on visit to Cannock
The Prime Minister has denied he is running scared of debating Ed Miliband, saying he would rather spend the last month before the election in places like Cannock and Stafford.
David Cameron has agreed to only take part in a televised debate with six other party leaders, rather than three debates in April which would include one head to head with the Labour leader.
Speaking in Cannock today, where he was meeting families who bought homes under his Help to Buy scheme, the Prime Minister said: "What I'm doing is making sure we hold a debate.
"The broadcasters haven't got this right. They put all sorts of proposals on the table that have been contradictory and haven't worked. So I'm trying to break the logjam and say let's have a debate.
"Here's the most important debate, the one that gives everyone their say, a seven headed debate. Let's have it before the election campaign and get on and organise it.
"It's up to others what they want to do. Let's hold the debate before the campaign takes place because otherwise it takes all the life out of the campaign and I want to be in Cannock, in Stafford, in Cornwall, in Cumbria, in Norfolk, in Suffolk.
"I want to be getting around the country. Now is the time to hold a debate and I have, as it were, unblocked the logjam by saying let's have a seven-corner debate, let's have it before the campaign starts.
Nick Clegg has already debated Nigel Farage. What Nick Clegg does is a matter for Nick Clegg. What Nigel Farage does is a matter for him. I don't control these people."
