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. https://engnovatewebsitestorage.blob.core.windows.net/ielts-writing-images/ed0793b492496cb4

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and charts provide information about the police

budget

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in the British area for 2017-2018. The

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shows the sources of funding,

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illustrate the percentage of spending money. It can be seen from the

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and charts that the total

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almost didn't increase.

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, small changes were noticeable. Regarding the

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, total funding was 304.7m in 2017, which slightly increased to 318.6m in 2018. In both years the main source of the police

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was the National Government. In the first

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the amount of money from

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source was 175.5m,

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in the second

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it was 177.8m. The second source was Local Taxes, in the first case funding was 91.2m, when in 2018 it grew to 102.3m. Income from other sources was raised slightly. Looking at the 2017 pie chart, the highest percentage of spending money

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salaries, which had 75%. The next was buildings and transport, which had 17%. In the

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place

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the chart are the

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of technology, which had 8%. In the next year, Salaries were decreased to 69%, and Technology

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were increased to 6%, from 8 to 14.

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, the police

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grew,

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Salaries were decreased, Technology

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were increased and

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for buildings and

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stayed stable.