The charts below show local government expenditure in 2010 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where re/evant.

The two pie charts compare the proportions of government investment across various sectors in 2010 and 2015, measured in percentages.

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, education consistently represented the largest allocation of spending in both years, despite a slight decline by 2015.

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, pensions and healthcare maintained relatively stable shares,

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welfare and interest on borrowing experienced notable increases.

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showed a considerable reduction in expenditure. In 2010, education accounted for the largest share of spending at 24%, followed closely by healthcare at 21% and pensions at 19%. Meanwhile, defence represented 17% of the budget. Spending on welfare amounted to 8%,

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interest on borrowing and transport received 3% and 5%, respectively. The culture and leisure and other categories comprised the smallest portions, at 2% and 1%. By 2015, outlay patterns shifted slightly. Spending on education declined moderately to 21%,

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healthcare decreased marginally to 20%. Pensions remained unchanged at 19%. Welfare spending increased substantially, rising from 8% to 13%, and interest on borrowing doubled to 10%, marking the most significant growth across all sectors.

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, transport expenditure rose to 13%, a modest increase of 3%.

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, defence spending dropped by 3 percentage points to 14%.

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, allocations for culture and leisure (2%) and the other category (1%) remained static.