What do we know about the Chilcot inquiry report, and when will it be published?

The report, which was commissioned in 2009, is set to be published on 6 July.

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The report will be published on July 6th, a letter from John Chilcot to the Prime Minister has announced. The report is 2.6 million words long, and no redactions will appear in the text.

Longer than the Iraq War. The inquiry was announced in June 2009, and began hearing evidence in November of that year. The report aims to examine the UK’s involvement in Iraq and “identify lessons that can be learned”.