The tables 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

The chart provides data about the police budget, in millions of pounds, in a zone of Britain between 2017 and 2018,

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, the pie diagrams illustrate how it was spent.

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, from one year to the next the quote slightly increased

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its distribution. Taking a closer look at the table is noticeable that the greatest collection of pounds was achieved by means of local taxes, going from 91.2m to 102.3m;

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, the national government gave 2.3 million more in 2018 than in the previous year.

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, other sources like grants only grew by 0.5 million.  Now, focusing on how the budget was spent, buildings and transport remained constant.

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, it is crystal clear that priorities changed from one year to another, as technology almost doubled being 14% in 2018;

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, the income that officers and staff earned decreased by 6%. To summarize, the total police budget, in that specific area in Britain, raised 13.9 million more in 2018.

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, salaries dropped in order to face other spending like new tech.