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Sir John Chilcot Iraq verdict won't be published until January

01.08.11
A damning report on the Iraq war will not be made public until January as a panel of experts pore over the weight of evidence from the 18 months of hearings, the Standard understands... more

Iraq inquiry 'must recall Campbell to explain himself'

13.05.11
The Iraq inquiry today faced demands to recall Alastair Campbell amid claims he gave misleading evidence about a key Saddam weapons dossier... more

Lifting Londoners out of the poverty trap

13.05.11
The paradox of London is that it has considerable poverty as well as areas of considerable wealth. The reality of urban deprivation was highlighted by this paper's Dispossessed campaign... more

Tony Blair goes fluently through the motions on a war that never ends

21.01.11
The most inquired-to man in Britain was back in the dock this morning, a trail of old friends going cold on him... more

David Cameron: Tell Tony Blair to release secret Iraq files

19.01.11
Tony Blair has been urged by the Prime Minister to release details of secret conversations he had with George Bush about invading Iraq... more

Ban on revealing Tony Blair's secret files angers Iraq inquiry chief

18.01.11
Cover-up row erupts when official Iraq inquiry complains it has been banned from revealing records of the secret invasion talks between Tony Blair and George Bush... more

Tony Blair could face fresh Iraq Inquiry grilling

01.07.10
Tony Blair could be recalled to give evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, after the release of secret memos on the legality of the Iraq war... more

Sir John Chilcot asks lawyers: Was Iraq war legal?

29.06.10
An official verdict on the legality of the Iraq war creeps closer after the Chilcot inquiry calls for international lawyers to submit their views on the conflict... more

Gordon Brown confesses: I was wrong to say defence cash was rising

17.03.10
Gordon Brown forced into an embarrassing climbdown over evidence he gave to the Iraq inquiry... more

Tony Blair: Britain is obsessed with Iraq conspiracy theories

08.02.10
Tony Blair tells American TV viewers that Britain is fixated by 'conspiracy' theories over the Iraq war... more

Families' anger as Tony Blair 'sneaks' into Iraq inquiry by backdoor

29.01.10
Families of British servicemen killed in Iraq reacted furiously when Tony Blair sneaked into the Iraq inquiry via the backdoor... more

Secret papers must be handed to Iraq inquiry, No 10 orders

28.01.10
Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell is under huge pressure to release papers to the Iraq inquiry after Downing Street says it wants “maximum transparency”... more

Blair will be in dock, watched by 40 relatives of those killed

25.01.10
SIR John Chilcot said on the first day of his Iraq inquiry "no one is on trial". But when Tony Blair gives evidence on Friday there's no question that for many the defendant will be in the dock.... more

Gordon Brown ready to appear before Iraq inquiry 'at any time'

20.01.10
Gordon Brown has written to the Iraq Inquiry stressing that he is happy to appear 'at any time', he told the Commons as pressure mounts on PM to give evidence ahead of general election... more

Tony Blair aide: We didn’t write in blood that we’d help US invade Iraq

18.01.10
Tony Blair did not give 'an undertaking in blood' that Britain would join the war on Iraq, one of Tony Blair’s most senior aides claims... more

Tony Blair ‘plotted to topple Saddam regime in 2001’

10.12.09
Tony Blair was in favour of regime-change in Iraq two years before the 2003 invasion, his former foreign policy adviser said... more

The trial of Tony Blair

26.11.09
The day Sir John Chilcot's Iraq inquiry opened this week, a less sombre event was also under way in the evening... more

Iraq inquiry to hear details of intelligence on WMD threat

25.11.09
New details of British intelligence on Saddam Hussein's suspected weapons of mass destruction were set to be revealed today as two key witnesses appeared before the Iraq inquiry... more

Tony Blair won't be put on trial says chairman Chilcot as he opens inquiry

24.11.09
No politician, military chief or official will be found guilty by the Iraq war inquiry, its chairman said... more

Can Sir John deliver the 'rigorous, fair and frank' investigation he promised?

24.11.09
Today our fifth inquiry into the Iraq war begins taking evidence in public. It is well over five years since I gave evidence to the third and fourth inquiries - Hutton in 2003 and Butler in 2004. But this new inquiry, chaired by Sir John Chilcot, is vital.... more

The truth of how we let Iraq and our troops down

23.11.09
It is much to Sir John Chilcot's credit that the hearings of his Iraq inquiry will largely be held in public - starting tomorrow in Westminster... more

Chilcot must pin down the crucial questions early

23.06.09
As the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war stutters into existence, it already looks as confused and uncertain as everything that has gone before in relation to the war... more

Iraq inquiry ‘needs panel to rule on secret evidence’

23.06.09
An independent panel should decide which evidence to the Iraq inquiry is heard in private, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said... more

Iraq inquiry head wants 'as much as possible in public'

23.06.09
The head of the forthcoming inquiry into the Iraq war said it was "essential to hold as much of the proceedings of the inquiry as possible in public"... more


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