Boris Johnson withdrew from a major Red Wall conference with Northern Tories lawmakers, advisers and business leaders in Doncaster.
A spokesman for the prime minister said he would not attend the summit on Friday afternoon, just hours before he is expected to appear.
Sky News understands that the reason he is not traveling north may be revealed in the next few hours, which fuels speculation about his absence.
The inaugural conference of the Nordic Research Group was entitled Equalization of the North.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is believed to have attended a private dinner with conference attendees on Thursday night.
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