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Good evening. The Conservative Party is on course to suffer an even worse general election result than in 1997, according to a major new poll which suggested Labour could secure a 154 seat majority.
Elsewhere, the NHS waiting list could be two million people longer than previously thought, new data from the Office of National Statistics suggests.
Tories facing general election defeat worse than 1997 wipeout, major poll finds
A YouGov projection based on a survey of 18,761 people carried out between March 7-27 suggested Labour would secure 403 seats if a contest were held tomorrow. But the Tories would be in a distant second place with just 155 seats. That would be even worse than the 165 it secured under Sir John Major in 1997.
