The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came from and the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The given pie charts and table illustrate the

income

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and the outcome of police spending in a city in the UK in 2017 and 2018.

Overall

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, it can be seen that the total

income

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slightly increased from 2017 to 2018.

Furthermore

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, the money was generally spent

in

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on

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offices and staff, technology and,

finally

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, buildings and transportation. The table shows that the highest

income

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came from the national government in both years (175,5

million

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and 177,7

million

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in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

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, local taxes ranked second with around 91

million

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in 2017 which increased by nearly 10% in the latter year. Controversy, Other sources of

income

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as grants came

last

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and almost remained steady in both years reaching approximately 38

million

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.

On the other hand

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, the pie charts reveal that salaries were at the peak of

spending

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the spending

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category (three-fourths of the distribution in 2017,

while

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it has decreased by 6% in 2018), followed by buildings and transport with 17% of spending in both years.

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, Technology was the third by 8% of spending in 2017 and slowly increased in 2018 to 14%.