The contents of the service, and who is invited to attend, is their sole responsibility.

The service is intended to provide comfort to the grieving families and friends of the victims. It will also be an opportunity to be an affirmation of London as one of the world's great cities and an affirmation of our multi-cultural and multi-faith society.

There is no truth whatsoever in the recent coverage which alleges that the families of the London bombers should be invited to the service, or that this was ever going to be the case.

We fully understand the anguish of the families of the bombers, but it would be wholly inappropriate to invite them to this service.