BRITISH troops should be withdrawn from Iraq once Iraqi forces have been trained, regardless of the security situation, the co-chairman of a commission looking into the policy said yesterday.

The G-8 summit that US President George Bush and seven other world leaders are attending next weekend in Russia is often billed as a gathering of the world’s leading economic powers.

Tony Blair should set out a clear strategy for Britain’s entry into the European single currency, according to a report by a think tank published today.