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 pie chart provide information on the police's finances in 2017 and 2018 in one zone of the UK. The table illustrates how

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money proceeded, and the pie chart indicates where they were dispensed.

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, in 2018 more money was financed compared to 2017's data, specifically most of it came from the National government,

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the least of it emanated from other sources. In both years a significant portion was spent on salaries,and a small amount was spent on technologies. In the first period, the total budget consisted of 304.7

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, namely 175.5

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from

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government, 91.2

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from local taxes, and 38

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from other sources. The next year, the general amount was about 15 times more,

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the National government's investment was triple as high as

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year's result.

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, the income from taxes was considerably more at 102.3

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,

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finances from other resources rose gently to 38.5

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. If we take a look at the expenditure of 2017, we can see that three quarters had been used to pay wages,

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less than a fifth of the budget had been invested in buildings and transport, and only 8% had been contributed to technology. The following year, the spending on salaries decreased by 6%,

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to technology's monetary investment which was slightly less than 15%.

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, the expenditure on facilities and transport remained stable.