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 showed how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the amount of the police budget sourced from four categories in a certain British area in 2017 and 2018,

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pie charts represent how those finances were distributed.

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, it can be seen that National Government and Local Taxes contributed the most to the total amount in both years.

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, the expenditure of money had a broadly similar pattern in 2017 and 2018.

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with, by 2017, the highest proportion was made by the National Government, just about 175.5

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. In terms of the second largest source, Local taxes accounted for 91.2

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, approximately 38

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of a total of 304.7

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were made up of other sources. In 2018 the National Government`s finances slightly increased to 177.8

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.

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, the Local Taxes and other sources grew to 102.3 and 38.5

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respectively,

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increasing the total amount. Regarding pie charts, it is shown that in both 2017 and 2018, Salaries were the largest segment, comprising 75% and 69%. Despite the initial rate of 8%, technology doubled to 14% by 2018.

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, Buildings and Transport remained the same (17%).