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David Cameron has said he is only willing to take part in one televised leaders debate in the run up to the General Election.

The prime minister wants to go ahead with the debate featuring seven party leaders, before parliament is dissolved on March 30.

Downing Street has criticised the organisation of the debates as "chaos" and "deeply unsatisfactory".

"This is our final offer, and to be clear, given the fact this has been a deeply unsatisfactory process and we are within a month of the short campaign, the prime minister will not be participating in more than one debate," the prime minister's director of communications Craig Oliver wrote.

The move would rule out a head-to-head debate with Labour leader Ed Miliband, which other parties have condemned.

Ed Miliband poses with a copy of The Sun newspaper

Deputy prime minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg tweeted Cameron: "The British public want the debates so let's get on with it. Stop holding them to ransom by trying to dictate the terms."

The broadcasters released a joint statement in response, saying: "The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have received an email from the prime minister's office with a proposal. The broadcasters are committed to providing our audiences with election debates.

"Twenty two million people watched the debates in 2010 and we believe the debates helped people to engage with the election. The broadcasters have set out their proposals and continue to talk to all the relevant parties on an equitable basis.

"We will respond to the Conservatives' proposal in due course."

The format of this year's pre-election debates has been subject to much discussion and wrangling between political leaders. The original proposals included an invitation to one debate for UKIP leader Nigel Farage.

Clegg was expected to take part in two debates, with Cameron and Miliband involved in all three, including Sky and Channel 4's proposed head-to-head between the prime minister and leader of the opposition.

The Green Party expressed disappointment at being excluded from the initial plans, while Cameron threatened to pull out of the debates if the Greens were absent following UKIP's invitation.