According to figures published by the London Evening Standard the defence budget for 2009 is "more than 10% overspent" (figures cannot be verified) and the paper states that this had caused Gordon Brown to say that the defence spending must be cut.
依照由倫敦晚間標準報披露的數字，2009年國防預算「至少超支10%」（數字不是無誤的），而該報述說這導致戈登·布朗說國防開支必須削減。