Tories reeling from ‘catastrophic’ election poll forecast

Conservatives predicted to lose more than 200 seats in worst election result since party's founding

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The Conservatives are reeling from a catastrophic night in which more than half a dozen cabinet ministers have lost their seats and the party is on course for its worst election result since it was founded.

Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, Grant Shapps, the defence secretary, and Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, were among the eight cabinet ministers unseated by opposition candidates.