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 charts examine information of comparison between 2017 and 2018 in police departments' income including on the fields they spend in. The thing that pops up the most in the budget table is how the highest number was given from the national governments which was 175.5

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increased to 177.8

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in 2018.

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each of local taxes and national governments' sector numbers show 2

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differences from 2017 to 2018, other sources like grants elaborate a slight surplus which was only 500 from 38

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in the earlier year to 38.5

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in 2018. The pie chart

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illustrates the money distribution in three sectors: salaries, technology, and accommodation. The top spending was in the salaries sector for both years which were 75% and 69%. There was

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a similarity where the buildings and transport remained the same for two years which was 17%.

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, there was a slight rise where the technology was only 8% in 2017 and became 14% in 2018.