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.

The table provides data on the

budget

of the police from 2017 to 2018 in a town in Britain. The pie chart illustrates how the

money

was spent for a given period in a certain area.

Overall

, it is evident that a bigger part of the

budget

was provided by the national government and local taxes,

whereas

for other sources, it was lower for both years.

Furthermore

, the highest share of

money

were

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devoted to salaries compared to other categories. Looking in more detail, the national government supplied the major ratio of the

budget

, which was around 175.5m in 2017, followed by a modest increase of 177.8m.

In addition

,

this

figure for local taxes was around 91.2m and rose considerably by 102.3m in 2018.

In contrast

, other sources,

such

as grants, accounted for a lower proportion of the

budget

at 38m as opposed to other sources,

while

it saw a very slight growth. When it comes to the total

budget

, it experienced a gradual increase from 304.7m to 318.6m. Regarding spending of certain

money

, the dominant rate was wages, though

this

pattern decreased by 69% in 2018.

Additionally

, 8% of

money

was diverted to technology in 2017, and

this

figure almost observed a rise of 14% by 2018. In terms of buildings and transport,

this

stat remained untouched throughout the period given.