U-turn on Iraq war inquiry
Updated on 18 June 2009
After defending a decision to hold the Iraq war inquiry behind closed doors, Gordon Brown says that some details could now be gathered in public.
It appears to be another embarrassing U-turn by a government which just days ago staunchly defended a decision to hold an inquiry into the Iraq war behind closed doors.
Now Gordon Brown has written to the inquiry chairman, Sir John Chilcot, saying it will be up to him to decide how much of it is open to the public.
During a debate in the Lords this afternoon, the terms of the inquiry were denounced as unacceptable and inappropriate.
Former Prime Minister John Major speaks to Jon Snow about the inquiry.
