“CHICKEN” David Cameron relented to public pressure yesterday and signed up to one TV election debate with six other party leaders.

A Tory Party spokesman revealed the Prime Minister is prepared to take part in one debate on April 2.

“The PM accepts broadcasters’ offer of one, seven-way debate at the very beginning of April,” he said.

The position is a climb down from his previous refusal to do debates after the start of the official campaign on March 30.

But he has still not committed to taking part in two further debates planned for April 16 and 30.

A Labour spokesman said: “If the Tories have confirmed they are to attend one of these debates then that is progress.
“It is one down, two to go.

“But no-one should be fooled: David Cameron is still running scared of a head-to-head televised debate with Ed Miliband.”