The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is facing growing pressure following the death of the defence official who was at the centre of a controversy over intelligence on Iraq.
Dr David Kelly was found dead yesterday, five miles from his home in Oxfordshire.
Post mortem results revealed he had bled to death. A knife and prescription painkillers were found at the scene.
Tony Blair has announced an independent judicial inquiry into Dr Kelly's death, but members of his own party, including MP, Glenda Jackson, have been calling for his resignation.
Ms Jackson, a former junior minister under Mr Blair, said the judicial review of the death would paralyse the government.
Mr Blair's defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, has acknowledged the gravity of the situation, but says he will not be issuing an apology for the way Dr Kelly was treated by his ministry.
In a statement issued this afternoon, Dr Kelly's family said all those involved in the controversy over the British government's dossier on Iraq should reflect long and hard.
Dr Kelly had denied being the main source of a BBC report alleging that the British Government exaggerated the threat of Iraqi weaponry to bolster its case for war.
The former weapons inspector, who was questioned by a British parliamentary committee during the week over his role in the controversy, failed to return home last Thursday after going for a walk.
The country's Prime Minister Tony Blair has ordered an independent judicial review into Dr Kelly's death, but Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for a full tribunal into the government's handling of intelligence on Iraq.
