Tony Blair faces being thrown out of the Queen’s Privy Council after senior MPs from both sides of the House said they will use the damning Chilcot inquiry to try to rule him in contempt of Parliament.

A senior Tory behind the motion said the public now wanted to see the former Prime Minister “punished” for his role in taking Britain to war in Iraq.

David Davis MP said he expected widespread parliamentary support for a contempt motion as a way of holding Mr Blair to account for “deceit”.