Chilcot Report into Iraq War officially released
Sir John Chilcot has finally released the report his long-awaited and much delayed report on the Iraq War.
26 servicemen and women from the Midlands died during the conflict, with their families playing a key role in pushing for the inquiry and its conclusions to be released in a report.
Here are the key points:
British forces were committed to the invasion of Iraq "before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted".
Military action was "not a last resort" at the time.
The circumstances in which it was decided there was a legal basis for UK military action in Iraq were "far from satisfactory.
