Alastair Campbell today rejected any suggestion that he ‘beefed up’ the 2002 dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.

Speaking to the Iraq Inquiry, Campbell was questioned about his role in the production of the dossier published by the Government on 24 September 2002 in the build up to the invasion of Iraq.

Allegations that the dossier was “sexed-up” to strengthen the case for war with Iraq formed the basis for journalist Andrew Gilligan’s controversial Today Programme broadcasts of May 2003.