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 gives us information regarding the police funding allocation sectors of a particular region in England,

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the pie charts illustrate the percentage of the expenditure in three different categories, both commencing from 2017 to 2018.

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, there was a rise in the total amount of the police budget, compared to the downward rates in the sector of job salaries. It can be seen from the table that the total of one of

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in 2017 and 2018 was more than 300

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in both years. Sitting as the main contributor of the funds, domestic governance reached 180

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pounds, followed by local taxes which started at around 91%, and

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increased just above 10

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pounds a year later. Meanwhile, other sources only contributed under 40

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pounds throughout the period.

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, in both years, the majority of the money was used for the employees' salaries.

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, the figures were slightly decreased to approximately 6% in 2018 and given to the technology aspect, which rose by about 14%. The only sector that remained static was the buildings and transport sector, unchanged by around 17% in the period of time.