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

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and charts below show the police

budget

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for 2017 and 2018 in a specific place

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Britain. The

table

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illustrates the source of the

money

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and the charts show how the

money

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was spent.

To begin

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, the

table

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below shows that a big portion of the

money

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was gathered from the National Government with a value of 175.5

million

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in 2017 and 177.8

million

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in 2018.

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, local taxes are another source of the police

budget

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. The

money

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from local taxes in 2017 was 91.2

million

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whereas

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, in 2018 was 102.3

million

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.

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, there are other sources of

money

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.

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, grants with a

budget

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of 38

million

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in 2017 and 38.5

million

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in 2018.

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, it is noticeable that the

budget

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increased in 2018. The charts show the way

money

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was spent in the years 2018 and 2017.

Firstly

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, most of the

money

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was spent on staff salaries with 69 per

cent

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in 2018 and 75 per

cent

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in 2017.

Secondly

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, buildings and transport took 17 per

cent

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of the

money

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in both 2017 and 2018.

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, the amount of

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spent on technology increased by 6 per

cent

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in 2018.

To sum up

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it is clear that

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the amount of

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spent on salaries was decreased to raise the

budget

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for technology. In conclusion, the

table

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shows that the police

budget

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increased in 2018.

Furthermore

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,

money

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spent on buildings and transport remained the same ,

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however

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increased for technology and decreased for salaries.