Geoff Hoon ‘told to burn memo that said Iraq invasion could be illegal’
Defence secretary under Tony Blair claims he was told to burn legal advice written by attorney general
April 2021
What other lobbying scandals have there been in British politics?
David Cameron is far from the first current or former politician to apparently lobby for a commercial interest
June 2018
Other countries tackle claims of arms trade corruption. Why not the UK?
Paul Holden
Geoff Hoon accused of directing illegal South Korea lobbying
July 2016
UK must do more to assess civilian war casualties in future, says Chilcot
Key figures scrutinised in the Chilcot report
June 2016
Chilcot review – devastating account of Blair cabinet's Iraq war delusions
How the Labour government drove itself to invade Iraq in 2003 is laid bare in this sharp distillation of Chilcot inquiry evidence – given added fire by damning testimony from veterans and bereaved parents
June 2014
Guardian diary
Diary: Rumsfeld's war letters. Is there a smoking gun?
Hugh Muir
Hugh Muir: We've waited 11 years – and still it's a known unknown
January 2014
British politicians and generals targeted in Iraq abuse case
Army chief General Sir Peter Wall and Geoff Hoon, ex-defence secretary, among those named at international criminal court
April 2013
Camp Nama: British personnel reveal horrors of secret US base in Baghdad
Detainees captured by SAS and SBS squads subjected to human-rights abuses at detention centre, say British witnesses
September 2011
Accountability and Baha Mousa
Letters: If, as General Richard Dannatt suggests, many of the lower ranks in our armed forces come from 'chaotic backgrounds' and lack 'moral values', what is the excuse for the officers involved?
May 2011
Former Labour ministers rushing to take private sector jobs, report finds
Ex-ministers taking consultancy fees from firms related to former briefs, especially in health, defence and energy sectors
February 2011
Ricin and other dodgy terror scares
Letters: Ricin, along with the aluminium tubes for uranium enrichment and the Iraqi import of yellowcake from Niger, never existed. So who synchronised the Hoon speech with the Scotland yard announcement?
December 2010
Labour ex-ministers Hoon, Byers and Caborn reprimanded over fake lobbying scandal
WikiLeaks cables: Our troops 'do an excellent job' in Sangin, insists MoD
September 2010
Geoff Hoon's new consultancy firm put under strict conditions by watchdog
Former MP may not advise companies bidding for contracts with Transport Department or lobby current ministers for two years
June 2010
Baha Mousa inquiry: Geoff Hoon claims ignorance of interrogation video
Defence secretary at time of hotel worker's death says it is first time he is seeing footage of UK soldiers abusing Iraqis
April 2010
Obama's step to a nuclear-free world
Letters: If the US is still lagging behind on the issue, the UK government lags even further behind
