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Boris Johnson has been accused of showing “contempt for the North” after cancelling a planned levelling up talk to Conservative MPs and supporters in Yorkshire to visit Ukraine.

The Prime Minister had been due to be the star speaker at the first conference of the Northern Research Group of Tory MPs at Doncaster Racecourse today.

Around 30 MPs were in attendance, along with hundreds of Conservative supporters and local business executives in what had been billed as a chance for Mr Johnson to win back support after last week’s confidence vote.

Boris Johnson accused of 'contempt for the North' after snubbing Doncaster appearance