The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area in 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

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the

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financial plan in one region of Britain for 2017 and 2018. The table describes sources of money and the charts describe how it was spent

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, it can be seen that

comparing

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to 2017,

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total earnings were more in 2018

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, it’s clear that

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salaries and technology

cost

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were lower in 2018 In terms of budget, in 2017 the

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had a total budget of 304.7£, which significantly increased to 318.6£ in 2018.

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of

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money

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earned from the national government which contained 175.5£ and

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to 177.8£. About 11.1£ were sourced from

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local taxes, which had the largest extension.

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, other sources rose from 38.0£ in 2017 and compose 38.5£ in 2018 The majority of the money

were

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spent

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the officer and

stuff

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staff

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salaries, despite

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the fact that it’s decreased from 75% to 69%

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, the technology part was almost doubled from 8% to 14% in 2018.

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buildings and transport facilities didn’t change at all