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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charts below compare the millions of pounds of police budget from different resources and the percentage of spending, in one area of Britain in 2017 and 2018.

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charts witnessed a slight change. The chart of income had a marginal rise, and there was more money spent on technology during the given years. To be specific, the money from the national government stood the highest in the budget, rising from 175.5 to 177.8 million in 2017 and 2018;

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, police got money from local taxes, which experienced more improvement than other items, started at 91.2 million, and by 11.1 to 102.3 million in one year. Meanwhile, other sources only increased a few by 0.5, and the

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deposits were similar.

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, police salaries were the main expense, spending 75% and 69% of all, respectively, in 2017 and 2018.

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salary spending was reduced by 6% in 2018, technology gained more than in 2017. In comparison with salaries and technology, the expenditure spent on building and transport remained the same, being 17% in the figure in

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years.