The pictures show information about average income and spending on food and clothes by an average family in a city in the UK. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The table chart illustrates how much of the average family's household income is in the city of UK, and the pie chart presents the percentage of expenditures spent on
food
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and
clothes
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by the average family between 2010 and 2013.
Overall
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, in spite of the fact that average income underwent a significant decrease, spending on
food
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and
clothes
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witnessed a slight increase, with most of the total being spent on meat and fish, fruits and vegetables. Between 2010 and 2013 an average British family's income saw a significant decrease, from 29000 to 25000.
While
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spending on
food
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and
clothes
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experienced a slight increase of 1000, from 14000 to 15000.
According to
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the pie chart, the percentage of expenditures spent on meat and fish, and
clothes
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witnessed a noticeably decreased to 23% and 13%, respectively.
On the other hand
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, people seemed to spend more money on fruits and vegetables, and dairy products, as the figures respectively went up to 30% and 16%. Meanwhile, people's spending on other
food
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remains stable at exactly 18%.
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