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 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 table presents the police budget from three main sources with the pie chart showing the expenditure percentage in 2017 and 2018. The number comes in millions of euro dollar.
Overall
, the budget rose in all aspects with a total increase of about 14
million
euros.
However
, the officers' salaries accounted for a smaller proportion of the expenses in the year 2018. Most of the budget came from the national government which used to be 175.5
million
in 2017. It
thus
increased by 2
million
in the next year.
In addition
, the biggest growth was from the local taxes which reached ten
million
dollars in the period. As for the expenditure, it was mostly spent on the salaries of the officers,
although
it slightly dropped from 75 to 69 per cent in 2018. The expense of the building and transport remained the same portion in 2018.
However
, the expense of the technology has increased to 14 per cent in the same year.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fiscal allocations
  • Revenue streams
  • Budgetary oversight
  • Expenditure
  • Financial appropriation
  • Government grants
  • Local taxation
  • Operational costs
  • Capital investment
  • Public safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Community policing
  • Resource allocation
  • Year-on-year comparison
  • Budgetary constraints
  • Fiscal year
  • Fund disbursement
  • Budget deficit/surplus
  • Trend analysis
  • Financial sustainability
  • Law enforcement funding
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