The chart below shows local expenditure in 2010 and 2015.

The pie charts illustrate the proportion of money spent on various government expenses in the period 2010-2015. In general, education, healthcare,

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and pensions

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were the main expenses, but defence, welfare, interest on borrowing, transport, culture and leisure and others took up a smaller proportion during the given years.

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, the greatest single expense was education at 24% in 2010, compared with 21%

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of the year.Health care came in

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place at 21% by the year 2010,

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the actual proportion was lower at 20% in

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2015. Another major expense was

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, it showed unchanged numbers at 19% over

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five-year period.

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the rest of the portion,

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obvious that they have demonstrated

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a lower

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percentage from 17% to 1% in 2010-2015.

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: defence (17%-14%), welfare (8%-13%), interest on borrowing (5%-10%), transport (3%-1%), culture and leisure (2%-1%), other (1%-1%) during the covered period 2010-2015