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 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.
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The table illustrates sources of
funds
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that came to the police and the pie charts depict how these
funds
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were spent on different sectors in 2017 and 2018.
Overall
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, the National government was the main source which contributed more
funds
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to the police
whereas
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grants were the lowest contribution in the given years.
Furthermore
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, it can be seen that salaries were the main spending and lowest accounted for technologies in the given time period. with regards to the year 2017, The total of
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pumped by different sections accounted for 304m
while
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75% of
funds
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received were distributed on salaries.
In contrast
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to the total of cash, the main influencer for that was the national government which allocated 175.5m followed by local taxes at 91.2m
while
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the lowest amount was
recieved
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received
from other sources like grants exactly 38m. Money was distributed for buildings and transport and technology was 17% and 8% respectively.
On the other hand
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in 2018, the total of
funds
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increased to 318.6m more
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than
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than in
2017
whereas
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the national government was the main source like in the previous year which contributed 177.8
m
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which seems a slight increase.
Secondly
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, the highest money provider was local taxes which
also
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increased by almost 11m.
However
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, other sources, provided 38.5m of which contributed more than 0.5
m
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than in 2017. Money paid for salaries was reduced by 6% in 2018 which accounted for 69% followed by buildings and transport remained the same in the given year at 17%.
However
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,
funds
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allocated for the technology were increased by 6% which amounted
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to 14
% in 2018.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, whereas, while".
Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words funds, m with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fiscal allocations
  • Revenue streams
  • Budgetary oversight
  • Expenditure
  • Financial appropriation
  • Government grants
  • Local taxation
  • Operational costs
  • Capital investment
  • Public safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Community policing
  • Resource allocation
  • Year-on-year comparison
  • Budgetary constraints
  • Fiscal year
  • Fund disbursement
  • Budget deficit/surplus
  • Trend analysis
  • Financial sustainability
  • Law enforcement funding
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