Sophie Raworth had been due to moderate the clashes on June 26, likely to be the final major moment before the country goes to the polls on July 4.
Sophie Raworth has been forced to pull out of refereeing the final BBC election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer - after realising she has a broken ankle.
Instead Mishal Husain, who was in charge of the seven-way debate last week, will take over the duties. Raworth has often taking on debate hosting duties, including the 2022 Tory leadership contest between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in Stoke-on-Trent Husain said it was 'remarkable' that her colleague had been able to work through the injury in recent weeks.
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