Boris Johnson to face live grilling on This Morning sofa with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby

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BORIS Johnson will face a live grilling from This Mornings Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby in the last week of the election campaign.

The interviews announcement follows Jeremy Corbyns tough interview with the duo yesterday, where for the first time he was forced to apologise for Labours anti-Semitism crisis.

ITV has confirmed that Boris Johnson will be interviewed on This Morning in the final week of the general election campaign
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was questioned on his handling of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party

The date of the PMs interview is yet to be decided, according to BuzzFeed News.

In Mr Corbyns interview with the pair yesterday, Schofield pushed the Labour leader to apologise for incidents of anti-Semitism in his party.

He said: Here is your opportunity now to apologise to the Jewish community for any anti-Semitism by Labour members.

When Mr Corbyn floundered, Schofield interjected: no, just say sorry.

The Labour leader replied: Obviously I am very sorry for everything that has happened, but I want to make this clear I am dealing with it, I have dealt with it.

Mr Corbyn was widely criticised after an interview with Andrew Neil last week, when he refused to apologise for failing to stamp out anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

Boris Johnson is set to go head-to-head with Mr Corbyn on Friday at 8:30pm in the BBCs Prime Ministerial Debate.

Nick Robinson will host the debate in Southampton, which will be the final clash between the two party leaders before polling day.

A spokesperson for This Morning said: This Morning is in discussions will all of the main party leaders to appear on the show ahead of the General Election. Boris Johnson is currently confirmed.

The Labour leader will clash with Boris Johnson in a BBC debate on Friday