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 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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The data provides information about the law enforcement budget in an unknown region of Britain in the years 2017 and 2018. The table demonstrates the source of
this
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monetary support, as the pie charts illustrate the expenses made out of these funds.
Overall
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, the most amount of money was donated by the national government of the area
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the hugest proportion of
this
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budget has been spent on officers' and workers' salaries. Regarding the sources, the government contributed 175.5 and 177.8
million
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euros to the police department in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
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, local taxes have paid for a relatively lower sum of money compared to the government in 2017, but it managed to increase
around
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by around
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10
million
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euros in the following year.
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, a
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38
million
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euros have been raised by other sources
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as grants which managed to excel only half a
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in 2018. In conclusion, a total of 304.7 in 2017 and 318.6
million
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in 2018 have been put together from all contributors.
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an enormous amount of money was dedicated to salaries in 2017, it slightly decreased the year after by about 5 per cent. The second most funded purpose was building and transport plans which did not experience any fluctuations throughout the survey.
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, technology funding soared to 14 from 8 per cent in just a year.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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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