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 figure illustrates how Britain's police force was financed, in 2017 and 2018;

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the pie charts depict in which area the expenditures went to. As clearly stands out, the main resource of Britain's police fund came from the national government which accounted for more than half of the

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budget.

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, both in 2017 and 2018, the least income arises from other sources

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as grants, which are only around 12% of the money granted to the force.

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, there were no significant changes in how the British Police Department spent its budget between 2017 and 2018.

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, there are various spending trends noted. In 2017, the proportion of salaries expenses was at 75%

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faced a decrease amounted

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to in the next year. In another group, the splurge over technology-related was increased from 8% to 14%.

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, the movement of building and transport expenditure was plateaued at 17% in both years.