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1201: And here we go. Brown starts with condolences for fallen troops, and also for the late Labour MP Ashok Kumar and his family. For the first question, Tony Baldry takes on Brown over his claim that defence expendintue has risen in real terms under Labour. A note from the House of Commons library has since shown this to be “incorrect”. Brown says that he is already writing to Chilcot to correct this. Brown: “I do accept that, in one or two years, defence expenditure did not rise in real terms” – but it did rise in cash terms. Not a good start for the PM.
1203: The Tories are up in arms about Brown’s jibe, in response to the second question, that they’d cut SureStart centres.
1205: Cameron now. After condolences, he leads by sarcastically thanking Brown for his answer to Tony Baldry. Cameron exclaims that he’s never before heard Brown apologise for or retract one of his misleading claims before.
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