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.

The figures illustrate the

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of money that was assigned to

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in the UK

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the source of its coming and how it was spent in 2 years between 2017 and 2018.

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, it can be seen that a significant share of

this

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money was related to the wages of

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officers and staff and the National government was playing a huge role in the UK's

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budget. On the one hand, in 2017 the

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of budget that was assigned to the

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department came from the national government 175.5

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dollars

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which was the highest

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in comparison to another source of income and 304.7

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dollars

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in total, three-quarters of

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budget was spent for the wages in 2017.

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, in 2018

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the total

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of the local tax income experienced about a 10% increase, from 91

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to 102

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dollars

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, the total

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of income was increased by about 14

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dollars

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in total. Since the share of the buildings and transport section did not change from 2017, with only 17% in total, the

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of

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expenditure on technology was about doubled and reached 14%.

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, the Salaries experienced a one-twenty

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in total.