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 provided table and pie charts illustrate the police

budget

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for 2017 and 2018 in the accurate region in Britain.

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the data

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the table, there are details of sources from which the funding was given,

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pie charts demonstrate how

this

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money was spent.

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, the

budget

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of the police increases

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over

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two years. The main source of the funding is the National Government. Regarding the expenditure, the largest sphere of the spending money is

officers

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officers'

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and

staff

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salaries.

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,

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sum changed and in 2018 money from salaries was given

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new technologies. In 2017, the whole police

budget

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was 304.7m and in 2018 it increased to 318.6m in 2018. The National Government was the main donor, which provided 175.5m in 2017 and slightly more 177.8m in 2018. Local taxes show a more significant increase from 91.2m to 102.3m during

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time period. At the same time, funding from other sources

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as grants grow up minimally from 38m to 38.5m. As

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budget

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spending, in 2017 salaries of the officers and staff accounted for the vast majority

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express, amounting

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to 75

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%.

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,

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part was the biggest in 2018 it dropped to 69%.

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, the share of the funds almost doubled, growing

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from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018.