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 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 and bar chart describe the sources of
income
and outcome of the police budget of Britain in a period of 2 years. It is noticeable that the biggest
income
of the police budget in both years
is
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from
national
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the national
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government,
while
most
money
was spent on
salaries
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the salaries
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of officers and staff. Looking into more
details
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, the
income
from local taxes saw a
dramatically
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raise
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rise
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during the years, which gained 102.3
million
a year
comparing
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to 91.2
million
in 2017.
However
, the
income
of
national
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government and other sources only increased
less
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than 3
million
.
Overall
, the total
income
gained a 13.9
million
raise. In terms of the
spendings
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, the proportion of
money
spend
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on technology almost doubled from 2017 to 2018,
while
the amount of
money
spend
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on salaries of officers and staff gently declined. The
mount
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amount
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of
money
spent on buildings and transport,
however
, remained steady at 17%.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, while".
Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words income, money, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Fiscal allocations
  • Revenue streams
  • Budgetary oversight
  • Expenditure
  • Financial appropriation
  • Government grants
  • Local taxation
  • Operational costs
  • Capital investment
  • Public safety
  • Crime prevention
  • Community policing
  • Resource allocation
  • Year-on-year comparison
  • Budgetary constraints
  • Fiscal year
  • Fund disbursement
  • Budget deficit/surplus
  • Trend analysis
  • Financial sustainability
  • Law enforcement funding
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