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 two illustrations summarize data on the UK’s police money allocation for 2017 and 2018. The table presents the source of funds

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the pie charts portray the budget spending.

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, it is obvious that there is a slight increment in the total budget from 2017 to 2018, with the National Government contributing the highest funding. At a glance, we can

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notice that the capital was spent dominantly on officers' salaries. Focusing on the money resources, The British government is the lead sponsor contributing more than half of the total expense in 2017 and 2018.

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, there is a small increase in the sponsor from local taxes from 91.2m in 2017 to 102.3m.

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, other sources like grants and in-kind comprised 30% of the funding, making them the lowest percentage. Moving on to how the capital was spent, salary expenses were the major spending in both 2017 and 2018 with a third-quarter and 69% of the total allocation respectively. The cost of buildings and transport remained constant at 17% in the two periods.

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, there is a moderate surge in technology spending in the latter year by nearly halves of the former year’s allocation.