Do not be deceived by the predictably mild tone. Lord Butler's report is no whitewash. It may not contain a killer sentence, but it comes surprisingly close to delivering one. After highlighting the ...

Lord Robin Butler, who on Wednesday delivered a damning report on Britain's pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons, is a man who spent his entire career attempting to smooth the business of government ...

Until now, Lord Butler has chiefly been known as the man who gave Jonathan Aitken the benefit of the doubt, and when he was appointed head of a cross-party probe into pre-war intelligence in Iraq, few ...

A TOP civil servant from Lytham is to head the inquiry into the intelligence service and Iraq's weapons of mass destruction Former cabinet secretary, Lord Butler of Brockwell, will lead the six-month ...

Labour or Lib Dem plans to vote down financial proposals would show House of Lords ‘too big for its non-elected boots’, says former top civil servant The House of Lords would show that it is “getting ...