The Tory leader withdrew from the planned event on the day pollsters predicted that he would become the first sitting Prime Minister to lose his seat.
Rishi Sunak pulled out of a Tory candidate's campaign rally to try to shore up his own support instead, it has been claimed.
'It was all planned well in advance,' the source said, adding that the change of plan was 'because of the polls'. An insider said the change of plans was a 'knee-jerk reaction' to fears that even the PM's seat in North Yorkshire could be lost amid a Tory wipeoutA source close to the PM said claims he cancelled the event to defend his own seat were 'absolutely rubbish', adding: 'Plans move around all the time.'
Some donors asked for refunds for their £1,500 tickets at a time when the party finances could do with a boost, as falling membership numbers have hit party coffers.
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