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 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 and pie charts above display the sources and the distribution of
police
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the police
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budget
in Britain from 2017 to 2018. The table shows that
although
other items
reamamined
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remained
steady, the growth in local raxes significantly increased
total
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the total
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budget
. Meanwhile, in either
years
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year
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salaries were the biggest
expenses
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expense
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. In 2017,
three quarters
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three-quarters
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of the
budget
were spent on salaries for officers and staff, which slightly declined to 69% in the next year.
Consequently
, the percentage of technology
expense
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expenses
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increased
form
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from
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8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. As for the money spent on buildings and transport, in the two years were both 17%. The situation of
budget
sources was similar, in which only a few items presented remarkable variations.
For example
, the local taxes in 2017
was
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were
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91.2m, but in the next
year
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year,
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it grew by over 10% to 102.3m, which directly elevated the total in 2018 to 318.6m, in comparison to 304.7m in the previous year. Regarding
to
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apply
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other sources and
national
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the national
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government, the changes were negligible.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words budget, m with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.

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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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