Boris Johnson will subject himself to a face-to-face grilling with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby during the election campaign, but negotiations remain ongoing with the BBC about when the prime minister will face Andrew Neil.



A source at ITV confirmed a This Morning interview would take place, but said a date had yet to be agreed.

Johnson's commitment to appear on the show comes amid a fierce row over whether or not he will face Neil, regarded as one of the BBC's most forensic interviewers. Neil has interviewed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon, but the BBC have been unable to agree a date with Johnson's campaign for a box office showdown with the prime minister.

A Conservative source said discussions with the BBC for the Neil interview were ongoing.

Johnson has faced questions from Andrew Marr on the BBC's flagship political programme on Sunday, but the fact he has agreed to sit down across the sofa from Schofield and Willoughby will cast doubt on the suggestion that he has not been able to find a time to meet Neil.

On Tuesday, Schofield and Willoughby secured an apology from Corbyn over claims of anti-Semitism within his party.