Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq War publication date finally announced

The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War will finally be published on July 6, it has been confirmed.

No redacted text will need to appear in the 2.6 million word report, according to a statement released on Monday.

The publication date, some seven years after the inquiry into the UK's role in the Iraq War was launched in 2009, has been agreed by chairman Sir John Chilcot and David Cameron.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Sir John said: "National security checking of the Inquiry's report has now been completed, without the need for any redactions to appear in the text.