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 different sources of the police budget in one British region and how the money was distributed in the year

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2017 and 2018. At first glance,

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funding to the police increased in 2018, with more spending on technology and less on salary. In more detail, compared to the 304.7

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budget in 2017, there was an increase in 2018 at 308.6

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the police.

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main source is the federal government, from which the funds rose slightly from 175.5

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in 2017 to 177.6

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in 2018. The second major source was local taxes, from which the funds showed a more significant rise from 91.2

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in 2017 to 102.3

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in 2018. In terms of how money was allocated, salary accounted for the largest portion of the annual budget in both years, at 75% in 2017 and 69% in 2018 respectively.

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the percentage of salary was decreasing, the spending on technology increased nearly double. It rose from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. And the percentage of spending on building and transport remained unchanged at 17% in both 2017 and 2018.