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 show the police

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in one part of Britain from 2017 to 2018. The table illustrates the sources of the

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,

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the pie charts show its distribution.

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, the largest police

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came from the National Government and it was mostly spent to pay officers and staff salaries. To commence with, the total sources of police revenue saw a considerable increase from 304.7m to 318.6m in 2017 and 2018 respectively. The biggest source was from National Government which increased significantly by 2.3m in two years, followed by the money collected from local taxes which saw a considerable increase from 91.2m to 102.3m. Meanwhile, other sources only had a slight rise of 0.5m. Regarding the money distribution, more than half of the

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went to officers and staff pay;

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, it decreased from 75% to 69%. Despite having a downward trend, technology spent around 8% of the money in 2017 but rose to 14% in 2018. Meanwhile, the allocated

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for buildings and transport remained the same.