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Image copyright Google Image caption The area around the city of Manchester was one of the first targets of the Iraq war

A report into the war in Iraq by the Chilcot Inquiry has estimated the costs to the UK of the conflict at £13bn.

It used the most recent cost estimate provided by Iraq.

The cost, as a percentage of the UK gross national income, is 3.2%, while the US spends 10%.

Meanwhile, another report on the costs of the conflict by the Office of the Defence Minster has reported a rise in casualties in Iraq since the invasion.

The report, conducted by the UK Department for International Development, calculated that, if it were a country, the country’s GDP would be a little over £35bn, of which almost 1bn would be spent by the foreign aid agency.

Analysis: BBC Monitoring

In order to find a way to cope with the huge costs involved, we took two approaches.

This means that our calculations do not add up correctly – some of the figures are out of date and there are other figures which may have to be updated, which we are putting in a place where the cost to the UK is known by government.

We also