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.

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and pie chart depict statistics about the police budget for 2017 and 2018 in one region of Britain. The

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illustrates the source of

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and the pie charts show how

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budget was spent.

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, in the

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chart, the total

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in 2018 is more than the

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in 2017.

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, the National Government item is the most in both years.

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, the majority of costs in 2017 and 2018 were dedicated to salaries. By looking at the

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, in 2017, the National Government with 175.5m

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is the highest amount in comparison with other sources with 38m

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. In 2018, the National Government had the highest value with 177.8 million

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other sources increased by just 0.5m

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in that year,

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item is still the lowest amount among the two other items. Of course, the total budget in 2018 with 318.6m

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is higher than the value in 2017 with 304.7m

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. It can be seen that, in the two pie charts, the proportion of salaries in 2017 and 2018 are 75% and 69% respectively. To look at into details, the amount of

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spent on buildings and transport was equal in 2017 and 2018 by 17%.