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 tabular data demonstrates the sources of

police

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the police

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budget,

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the two pie charts illustrate the spending between 2017 and 2018 in one certain area of Britain.

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, the total budget for police increased as a whole. The source of local taxes

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by the highest

amout

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amount

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followed

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by the national government and other resources,

such

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as grants. In terms of

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apply

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expenditure, the proportion of salaries decreased,

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the spending on technology increased, and the ratio of investment

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buildings and transport remained unaltered. On the source of funding, the official government

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the

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by 2.3 million pounds. The local taxes grew by 11.1 million, which represents the highest growth. The rest of

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also

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were also

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added by

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value of 0.5 million. On the side of spending, the percentage of salaries reduced by 3 percentage points. As for the resources contributed to technology rose by 6 percentage points. The

constructions

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and establishment of traffic remained

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at the

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same rate of 17%.