Summary

  • UK went to war before peaceful options exhausted and military action was "not last resort", Chilcot report says

  • Invasion in 2003 was based on “flawed intelligence and assessments” that went unchallenged

  • Threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were "presented with certainty that was not justified"

  • Former PM Tony Blair says decision for action made "in good faith" and he takes "full responsibility for any mistakes"

  • Families of Britons killed during Iraq War say conflict was "a fiasco" and do not rule out legal action

  • PM David Cameron says "lessons must be learned" and announces two-day Commons debate next week

  • Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says war was "act of military aggression launched on a false pretence"

Live Reporting

Mario Cacciottolo, Emma Atkinson, Alex Kleiderman and Lauren Turner

  1. 'Ban Blair from public office for life'

    Mr Hancock went on to say that Sir John Chilcot has said Tony Blair "undermined the United Nations". 

    Now, if somebody does that, you would think that the act was illegal. He's also misled Parliament, he's fabricated facts and misrepresented them. I hope and I would like to call on all politicians in this country that for the grievous damage this man has inflicted on this nation, on its armed forces, that he be banned from any form of public office for life. At the very least."

  2. Chilcot has 'fulfilled promises'

    Eddie Hancock, from Wigan, is the father of 19-year-old Jamie Hancock, who was a kingsman with the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment when he was killed in Basra in 2006.

    First of all, Chilcot's report... he's done exactly as he said he would - it wasn't a whitewash by any means. He's fulfilled the promises that he made in 2009.

    "Obviously, some people will never be happy unless there's a rope there."

  3. Angus Robertson claims lack of Iraq planning repeated elsewhere

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    Angus Robertson

    The SNP leader in Westminster, Angus Robertson, says the Chilcot report "catalogues the failures in planning" around the Iraq War.

    He says there has been an equal lack of planning in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria "and, most recently, with no plan for Brexit".

    David Cameron repeats that lessons should be learned from the report but adds: "There is no set of arrangements and plans that can provide perfection."

  4. 'I take full responsibility' - Tony Blair

    Tony Blair will set out a full response to the report later, but for now says that he acknowledged the Chilcot report made "real and material criticisms" of "preparation, planning, process and of the relationship with the United States".  

    I will take full responsibility for any mistakes without exception or excuse. I will at the same time say why, nonetheless, I believe that it was better to remove Saddam Hussein and why I do not believe this is the cause of the terrorism we see today whether in the Middle East or elsewhere in the world.

    Above all I will pay tribute to our armed forces. I will express my profound regret at the loss of life and the grief it has caused the families, and I will set out the lessons I believe future leaders can learn from my experience."

  5. 'Many seeking reassurance that lives were not given in vain'

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    Following the publication of the Chilcot report, Conservative MP John Glen says many people will be "seeking reassurance that the lives of their loved ones were not given in vain".

    He calls on the government not to repeat the mistakes of 2003.

    David Cameron says: "The most important thing we can do is really learn the lessons for the future."

  6. Iraq invasion 'taken in good faith' - Blair

    Tony Blair has given more of his initial reaction to the Chilcot report:

    The report should lay to rest allegations of bad faith, lies or deceit. Whether people agree or disagree with my decision to take military action against Saddam Hussein, I took it in good faith and in what I believed to be the best interests of the country."

  7. 'War was a fiasco' say families of soldiers

    Iraq Inquiry: Families say 'war was a fiasco'

  8. 'Need to learn lessons' - David Cameron

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    Prime Minister David Cameron tells MPs he will save his full comments on the Chilcot report for his statement and debate in Westminster shortly.

    For now, he says: "Clearly we need to learn the lessons of the report."

  9. How to get hold of the Chilcot report

    Sir John Chilcot has delivered his long-awaited Iraq Inquiry and outlined the lessons learned. 

    The report has been published in hard copy in two formats. The full report will consist of 12 volumes and is 2.6 million words long. Anyone wanting to buy a copy will have to pay £767 and contact The Stationery Office, the private firm which has printed the document. A 150-page executive summary, published separately, will cost £30.

  10. 'No improper use of intelligence' - Blair

    Tony BlairPA

    Tony Blair says the Chilcot report found there was "no falsification or improper use of intelligence", "no deception of Cabinet" and "no secret commitment to war" was given to US President George Bush. 

    He also says the inquiry "does not make a finding on the legal basis for military action but finds that the attorney general had concluded there was such a lawful basis" by 13 March 2003. 

  12. Facebook Live broadcast on Chilcot report

    The BBC's Mark Urban is at Westminster where hundreds have gathered for the publication of the Chilcot report. You can follow his Facebook Live broadcast here, and also ask questions. 

  13. Families gathered for press conference

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  14. Chilcot report headlines

    Here is a recap of some of the main points outlined by Sir John Chilcot as he delivered his long-awaited Iraq Inquiry report:

    • Invasion based on “flawed intelligence and assessments” that went unchallenged
    • Threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were "presented with certainty that was not justified"
    • Consequences of action were underestimated "despite explicit warnings"

  15. Tony Blair 'a terrorist'

    Some of the families of those soldiers killed in Iraq are giving a press conference following the publication of Sir John Chilcot's report.

    The sister of one soldier killed in Iraq says: "There is one terrorist that the world needs to be aware of and that person is Tony Blair." 

  16. Military action taken 'in good faith'

    Tony Blair also said that his decision to take military action against Saddam Hussain was taken "in good faith and in what I believed to be the best interests of the country". 

  17. Blair denies Saddam's removal 'cause of terrorism'

    In response to Sir John Chilcot's report former PM Tony Blair says: "I do not believe the removal of Saddam Hussein is the cause of terrorism we see today in the Middle East or elsewhere."

  18. Chilcot report in paper format

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  19. Families respond to Chilcot report

    The families of some of the many Britons who died in the Iraq War are giving their response to Sir John Chilcot's report. Watch on the BBC News Channel

  20. 'Flawed intelligence and assessments'

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