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 describes where the police

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came from and the pie charts give some information on how the money was spent in a particular area of Britain between 2017 and 2018. It can be seen that the highest cost came from the national government both in 2017 and 2018 and for the category of how the funds were distributed, the salaries became the highest.

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the table, the police budget was collected from the national government, the local taxes, and the other sources,

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, the grants. The total

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in 2017 were 304.7M and 318.6M in 2018. The National government became the highest source of police

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, both in 2017 (175.5M) and 2018 (177.8M). The Local taxes gave 91.2M in 2017 and increased to 102.3M in 2018.

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the other sources,

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, the grants contributed 38M and 38.5M from 2017 to 2018.

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the

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spent on the salaries for officers and staff, technology, buildings, and transport. The salaries for officers and staff became the highest aspect which the funds spent on both in 2017 (around third-fourth) and in 2018 (69%). About 17% of the funds cost the buildings and transport in 2018.

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, about 8% of the money was distributed for the technology in 2017 and increased in 2018 (14%).