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Chilcot says Iraq report will be published 'as soon as possible' now all responses received

The chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq War has said he will name the date for the publication of his report "as soon as he is able", now that all those criticised in the report have provided responses.

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Sir John Chilcot: Iraq report to be published 'as soon as I am able'

No date has yet been confirmed for publication of the Inquiry's findings Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Press Association Images

The chairman of the long-awaited official inquiry in to the Iraq War has announced he will name a date for the publication of his report "as soon as I am able", after receiving the final responses from those criticised in the document.

There is, inevitably, further work for my colleagues and I to do to evaluate these submissions, which are detailed and substantial, in order to establish with confidence the time needed to complete the Inquiry's remaining work.

As soon as I am able I shall write to the Prime Minister with a timetable for publication of the Inquiry's report.

– Sir John Chilcot

Among the British personnel killed in the conflict were Corporal Russell Aston from Swadlincote in Derbyshire, seen below on the left, and Lance Corporal Tom Keys from Solihull.

Both were redcaps serving with the military police and were killed in the early stages of the War.

Corporal Russell Aston from Swadlincote in Derbyshire, seen below on the left, and Lance Corporal Tom Keys from Solihull Credit: ITV Central

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