GETTY Nigel Farage has accused the PM of dodging a meeting in Brussels tomorrow

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Ahead of this week’s crunch European Council summit, where the Prime Minister hopes fellow national leaders will sign-off a draft deal on his EU demands, Mr Cameron had been expected to meet key MEPs tomorrow. The Prime Minister is thought to be seeking assurances they won’t torpedo an agreement once it reaches the European Parliament.

As listed on the European Parliament’s website earlier today, an ‘Extraordinary Conference of Presidents’ was due to be held with Mr Cameron in Brussels at 11.30am local time tomorrow. The Conference of Presidents meets around twice a month and includes European Parliament president Martin Schulz as well as the chairmen of the political groups in the Brussels’ legislature. In his role as chairman of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group, Mr Farage represents the grouping of 45 eurosceptic MEPs at such meetings. But, in a revised listing on the European Parliament website, Mr Cameron is no longer due to attend the Conference of Presidents, although the Prime Minister will hold a one-on-one meeting with Mr Schulz earlier in the morning.

IG Cameron's scheduled meeting has now been cancelled, according to the European Parliament website

The Prime Minister has now been accused of changing his agenda at the last-minute in order to avoid meeting the Ukip leader, who has previously branded the Prime Minister’s renegotiation deal “pathetic”. Mr Farage said: “The Prime Minister is chicken. I received my official documentation this morning to say that I was one of several meeting the PM tomorrow morning and he has now run away. Frankly I’m not surprised. “Not only is the deal pitiful but he would not want me exposing the fact that even if he wins the referendum, the European Parliament will veto it. “Ukip won the European Elections in 2014. By refusing to meet me Mr Cameron is insulting millions of British voters. “He knows he’s losing.” French MEP Sylvie Goulard branded Mr Cameron's decision to skip the meeting "an affront to democracy".

The Prime Minister is chicken. Nigel Farage