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

The table and charts illustrate the police financial plan for the years of 2017 and 2018 in the UK. The table gives information about the origin of their income,

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the pie charts show how the capital was spent.

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, it can be seen from the table that most of the profit came from the National Government and the lowest earning was from other sources for both of the years. The charts,

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, show that the biggest amount of money went to salaries in 2017 and 2018 with a slight decline in the latter year. The UK police gained 175.5m and 177.8m pounds in 2017 and 2018, respectively, from the National Government, which was the highest part of their earnings for the period.

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, sources like grants were with the smallest contribution with just around 38m pounds for both years. The total income

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from 304.7m to 318.6m in the second year. Paying officers and staff was the highest expense with 75% for 2017 and a slight decrease to 69% in 2018. Charges for buildings and transport remained the same during

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period (17%), and expenditure on technology increased from 8% to 14% for the second year.