David Cameron is reportedly prepared to include UKIP leader Nigel Farage in a TV debate ahead of the 2015 general election.
Mr Farage and Labour's Ed Miliband have challenged the Prime Minister to agree to take part in a series of debates before voters go to the polls.
The Sunday Times has reported that Mr Cameron is ready to sign up for three debates between party leaders - including one that could include Mr Farage.
A "2-3-5" plan reportedly drawn up by aides would include a debate between the Tory and Labour leaders, another with Mr Miliband and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and a third featuring the three main party leaders along with Mr Farage and Natalie Bennett from the Green party.
The newspaper said the format would allow for one debate during the campaign, while the others would be held beforehand.
A No 10 source said the report was "speculation" about talks that are still months away.
He said: "We have not ruled anything in or out, so that means people can speculate what might happen in the talks.
"But the reality is these talks are several months away."
Last month Mr Miliband said the previous format of three debates between the three main party leaders over three weeks should be a "starting point" but that he was open to changes such as a less formal setting and greater voter participation.
Britain's first leaders' debates, between Mr Cameron, Gordon Brown and Mr Clegg were shown on Sky News, the BBC and ITV in 2010 after negotiations between the parties and the TV companies, which resulted in strict rules on the style of questioning and the division of time for leaders' answers.
Mr Cameron has since complained that the debates "took all the life out" of the campaign.
Mr Farage has repeatedly challenged the PM to agree to a TV debate with him.
Opinion polls suggested the UKIP leader beat Mr Clegg in two debates shown live on Sky News and the BBC ahead of this month's European elections.
Meanwhile, an opinion poll suggests UKIP is heading for victory in the European vote - but most voters believe the party attracts racists and bigots.
The YouGov poll for the Sun on Sunday put Mr Farage's party on 29%, ahead of Labour on 26%, the Conservatives on 23% and Liberal Democrats on 10%.
But 27% of those surveyed thought Ukip is a party with "racist views" and "many racist members", while 35% thought that, while the party is not racist, it "does seem to attract some candidates or supporters with racist, extreme or odd views".
Some 26% said Ukip is not racist and their "more controversial candidates are just saying the things ordinary people actually think".
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