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.
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The table illustrates the police budget in
million
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millions
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dollars
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of dollars
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, sourced from
national
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government, local taxes, and others
such
as grants of a British area in 2017 and 2018,
while
the pie charts give
the
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information about the expenditures of the capital in percentages, covering salaries, technology, and the combination of buildings and transport in the same years.
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, the major capital for police came from
national
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government and taxes payers, which the former
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is nearly two times
of
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the latter
one
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. Meanwhile, police
department
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spend around three fourth and nearly
two third
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of
total
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the total
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on wages for officers and
staffs
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staff
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in 2017 and 2018, respectively. In 2017,
national
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government accounted for 175.5
million
, which is less
2.3
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than 2.3
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million
than
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in
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2018. In the same period, local
taxes payers
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contributed 91.2
million
and 102.3 in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The capital expenditures in the same two years are taken from the
earning
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earnings
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of the authority officers and their
staffs
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. From 2017 to 2018, the budget spent on paying wages decreased 6 percentage points from 75% to 69%. In the same period, public facilities
such
as buildings and transport remained
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17%,
while
technology jumped from 8% to 14%,
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by 6 percentage points.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "such, while".
Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 78%.
Vocabulary: Replace the words million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "information" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
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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