The table and charts below give information on the police budget for 2018 in one area of Britain. The table shows where the money came f the charts show how it was distributed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main featu make comparisons where relevant.

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the

budget

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of police from different sources in 2017 and 2018 and the pie chart illustrates how the

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was spent.

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, it can be seen that most of the

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was from the national government in both 2017 and 2018, and most

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was spent on salaries.

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with, the tables show that there was an increase in the

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from the national government in 2018. Most notably, it can be seen that the local taxes comprised a greater increase in the

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in 2018 than in 2017. The

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given from other sources to the police was 3.5m in 2018. The pie chart illustrates that 75% of the

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was spent on salaries in 2017;

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, it was reduced to 60% in 2018.The point worth noting is that

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spent on buildings and transport remained the same in both years,

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there was an increase of 6% in the

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that was spent on technology in 2018.