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 is distributed.

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 is distributed.
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The diagram and table represent accumulated data on the police budget in 2017 and 2018 in Britain . The pie charts depict the contribution of the
money
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, and the table illustrates the
sources
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of
money
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.
Overall
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, the major source of the
money
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is from
national
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the national
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government in both years. The amount of
money
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received from all the
sources
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increases,
posing
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causing
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the total to rise. The majority of the budget is spent on salaries of the police.
In contrast
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, the
money
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is
also
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spent on technology but in a small amount. There were 3
sources
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of
money
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: national government, local taxes, and other
sources
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.
However
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, it is noticeable that the majority of the
money
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came from
national
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the national
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government,
accounted
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accounting
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for 175.5
million
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pounds in 2017.
Moreover
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,
this
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number increased to 177.8
million
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pounds in the year later. The police
also
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got more
money
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from local taxes and other
sources
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, leading to
the
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an
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increase in total from 304.7
million
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to 318.6
million
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in the
last
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reported year. Third of the quarter of the
money
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was spent on salaries,
accounted
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accounting
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for 75 per cent.
Due to
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the climb
of
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in
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amount
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the amount
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of
money
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spending
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spent
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on technology, the proportion of the budget for the salary has been decreased to 69 per cent. Interestingly, the percentage of the contribution of
money
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for buildings and
transportations
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transportation
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remained unchanged at precisely 17 per cent.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also".
Vocabulary: Replace the words money, sources, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increases" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • budget allocation
  • funding sources
  • government policies
  • economic conditions
  • community services
  • crime prevention
  • public safety
  • significant increase/decrease
  • distribution
  • assessment
  • reflection
  • allocation shifts
  • budget comparison
  • impact analysis
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