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.

The table and pie chart illustrate the London

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budget in a specific location which was provided in 3 different ways, and the

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expenses in three sections over two years.

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,

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the

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income increased in 2018, the

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was given by the national

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top-ranked. Meanwhile, salaries for officers and staff were the highest expenditure in both years, the proportion of

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section decreased in 2018. The

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was provided for the

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by the national

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and taxes grew by 2m

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and 11m

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, respectively.

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, the amount of

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received from the national

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was the major income with 175.5m

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in 2017, and was higher than the 91.2m

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earned from taxes in 2017. Taxes raised more in

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donations than the national

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. The most expenses were for providing salaries in the

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station which included 75% of their budget in 2017

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amount had a minimal reduction by 6% in 2018.

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technology was the least expenditure for

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department(8%) in 2017, it nearly doubled in 2018.

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, the proportion of building and transport remained stable at 17% in both years.