Northern Conservative MPs were left "really disappointed" when Boris Johnson skipped their annual conference just days before a crucial by-election in the red wall seat of Wakefield.
The Northern Research Group (NRG) of Tory MPs had expected the prime minister to be their star guest in Doncaster yesterday, having invited him to talk about his "levelling up" agenda. But the PM's trip to Doncaster was cancelled in favour of a visit to Ukraine, as Mr Johnson travelled to Kyiv for talks with president Volodymyr Zelensky.
"It's really disappointing," said senior Tory Jake Berry, who is chair of the NRG, yesterday. "I would have loved for him to come. We were all ready with an oven-ready set of policies ... We will make sure he hears everything that's said today. I'm going to phone him tomorrow."
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