Boris Johnson will not see President Trump face-to-face until the G7 meeting in June

Boris Johnson has cancelled plans to visit America as concern grows among Eurosceptic Tories that he will prioritise an EU deal.

The prime minister had planned to visit Washington last month to meet President Trump after the election, but moved the date to February.

The trip has now been shelved entirely and the two will not meet face to face before the G7 summit at Camp David in Maryland in June. A government source said the visit had been cancelled out of worry about criticism from Mr Trump over Britain’s decision to allow Huawei to help build Britain’s 5G mobile network.

Mr Johnson has said repeatedly that he wants to hold negotiations with the EU in parallel with America. Ministers believe that such