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(XADA) 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

(XADA) 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 and pie charts provide data about the police
budget
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 in a specific area of Britain in 2017 and 2018. It shows how much money was received from different sources and how it was spent.
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, the police
budget
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 slightly increased in 2018 compared to 2017. Most of the funding came from the national government, and the largest portions of spending went to salaries,
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this
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 share decreased over time. In 2017, the total
budget
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 was 304.7
million
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.
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 rose to 318.6
million
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 in 2018. The main source of income was the national government, which provided 175.5
million
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 in 2017 and 177.8
million
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 in 2018. Local taxes
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 increased, from 91.2
million
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 to 102.3
million
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. Other sources,
such
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 as grants, remained almost unchanged. In terms of spending, salaries took up 75% of the
budget
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 in 2017, but
this
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 fell to 69% in 2018. Investment in technology doubled, rising from 8% to 14%. Spending on buildings and transport remained
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stable
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 at 17% in both years.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words budget, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "provide" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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