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 show the percentage breakdown of authority spending across nine categories in 2010 and 2015. Over the five-year period, there were significant changes in investment.
however
, the four largest areas
that end up costing a huge amount of money to the ministry were: education, health care, pensions and defence, with education taking the largest share (24% in 2010 and 21% in 2015), in both years, The smallest areas
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were transport, culture and leisure and "other". Interest Add an article
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borrowing and spending on welfare lay in between.
Interestingly, between 2010 and 2015, spending on all four of the largest Change preposition
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had dropped, apart from pensions, which remained the same at 19%. Spending on transport and culture and leisure also
fell significantly, with the transport budget declining by two thirds
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two-thirds
On the other hand
, spending on welfare and interest on borrowing rose markedly, with the latter doubling over the five-year period to 10%.
Overall
, the charts indicate that the ministry had to cut expenses in most areas
in order to fund the cost of borrowing and welfare.Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Writing9 with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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