He is to write to the Iraq inquiry, where he made the assertion, to correct his evidence.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, MPs were told Commons figures showed there had been real-terms falls.
Gordon Brown was accused of performing a “humiliating climbdown” yesterday after he admitted his claim that the defence budget was rising in real terms every year was wrong.
He is to write to the Iraq inquiry, where he made the assertion, to correct his evidence.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, MPs were told Commons figures showed there had been real-terms falls.