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 provides information about the sources of the police budget during the years

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2017 and 2018 in Britain,

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two pie charts represent how the money was spent over the same time. From an

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perspective,

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since 2017 the amount of allocated money from different sources

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, whilst spending on salaries

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decreased. In terms of

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, it can be seen that the National Government was the main source of the police budget

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accounted for 175.5 £m in 2017 and 177.8 £m in 2018, respectively. Meanwhile, Local taxes

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made up around half of the previous, 91.2 million pounds

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million pounds. Other sources were

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. The vast majority of money was spent on salaries, and represented 75%

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, in

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it declined to 69%.

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, spending on technologies almost doubled from 8% in 2017. The buildings and transport expenditure remained unchanged.