the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one area of Britain. 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

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the

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income and expenditure in one area in the UK between 2017 and 2018.

Overall

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, it can be clearly seen from the table that the

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's total budget was slightly higher in 2018 than the previous year. Meanwhile, the

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spent a large proportion of its budget to pay its officers and staff salaries. More than half of the

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funding came from

National

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the National

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Government. The table shows that in 2017, funding from the

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government

was at 175.5 million, and it increased

at

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177.8 million in the following year.

Second

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biggest funding came from local taxes

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and

then

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followed by other sources,

such

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as grants.

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it experienced a decline in 2018, officers and staff wages became the

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biggest spending. Interestingly, spending on Technology was only 8% in 2017 but

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increased

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significantly to 14% in the next year. At the same time, the budget for buildings and transport remained the same during the period.