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The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The provided illustrations compare the proportion of authorities spending in nine aspects of life in the
years
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 2010 and 2015. Looking
initally
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initially
to
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at
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 the pie charts, it can be seen that the local administration had to cut down
expense
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expenses
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 in most areas to sponsor
for
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apply
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the cost of welfare and borrowing. Meanwhile, there was still
a
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apply
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stability in the percentage of
retirement
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the retirement
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fund
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funds
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 and others over the period of 5
years
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. At the beginning of the period, the government
spending
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spent
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 money in
four
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the four
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 largest fields, including education, healthcare, pensions and defence.
Nevertheless
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, most of these sectors were
slight
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a slight
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 decline at least by 1% after 5
years
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. Particularly, education and defence funds made up 24% and 17% in 2010, and these figures fell by 3% in 2015.
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, the pensions had no change in
the
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apply
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proportion from 2010 to 2015.
In contrast
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, interest
on
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in
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 borrowing, transport, culture and leisure and others are the smallest payment in the
years
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 2010. In these
area
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areas
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, transport and culture expense
considerable
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considerably
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 decrease by two
third
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 for each
ones
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one
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 after
5-year
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a 5-year
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 period.
Conversely
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, welfare and interest on borrowing had a
rapidly
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rapid
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 growth
nearly
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of nearly
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double
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doubled
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 in
term
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terms
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 of percentage during 5
years
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.

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Introduction: The introduction is missing.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Introduction: The chart intro is missing.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words years with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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