Secret files on the death of Dr David Kelly will be handed over to medical experts to see if the suicide verdict can be challenged.

Ministers want independent advice on whether there are any discrepancies or unanswered questions in the post mortem examination report.

Home Office pathologist Nicholas Hunt concluded the weapons inspector died after cutting a small artery in his wrist. But a group of doctors campaigning for an inquest into Dr Kelly’s death claim he would not have lost enough blood to end his life.