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 given table depicts the source of funding for police in one particular place in Britain,

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the pie graph illustrates the spending area of the money, all from 2017 to 2018.

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, the national government supported the majority of the budget in both years, followed by the local taxes.

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, other sources of funding played a small role.

On the other hand

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, salaries for the officers and staff used more than half of the money in two years,

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technology, buildings, and transport used almost the same ratio. Based on the statistics, the national government allocated more than 170 million pounds sterling for the police,

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local taxes funded around 100 million.

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, other sources like grants only supported about 10% of the total budget.

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, around 70% of the source was used to pay the employee's wages. Spending on technology only consumed 17% of the budget, the same portion for both years.

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, spending on building and transport had slightly increased from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018.