PM Rishi Sunak and cabinet spotted at Doncaster railway station en route to Yorkshire meeting

Mr Sunak chaired the meeting in Goole, with ministers changing trains at Doncaster en route from London to reach their destination.

Security was beefed up at the railway station for the visit – but members of the public still managed to get a glimpse of the politicians as they made their way to the gathering.

Cabinet meetings usually take place in Downing Street, but former PM Gordon Brown introduced regional meetings in 2008.

It comes as money for local transport across the north and Midlands using reallocated HS2 funding was announced following the meeting which was held at Goole Rail Village.

Earlier this year, Mr Sunak was invited to enjoy a tour of Doncaster by Don Valley Conservative MP Nick Fletcher.

In January, Mr Fletcher used Prime Minister’s Questions to invite him on a tour of the city.

Mr Fletcher told the Commons: “I thought the best thing I could do is ask the Prime Minister to come and have a tour of Doncaster and while I’m showing him around my home town, I can press the need for a Minister for Men, I can show him the site for a new hopsital and I can introduce him to the people of Edlington so he can discuss their new leisure centre.”

“So will the Prime Minister accept my invitation?”

In response, Mr Sunak told him: "I would be delighted to discuss those projects and his other ideas when I come and visit him as soon as my diary allows.”

Following the exchange, Mr Fletcher posted on social media: “There is an old saying that if you don't ask, you don’t get. I asked and we got.

"I’m looking forward to the Prime Minister coming to Doncaster.

"It will give me the opportunity to show him around and make the case as strongly as I can as to why we need a new hospital.”

Mr Sunak visited Doncaster in the summer to deliver a speech to Conservative MPs at Doncaster Racecourse.