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.

The table reports the amount of the police budget and where the money came from,

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the pie chart reveals the percentage of money spent between 2017 and 2018 in a city in the United Kingdom.

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, it can be seen that the three sources of police income experienced an increase, and the largest increase was in local taxes. Meanwhile, three types were responsible for one hundred per cent of the

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police expenditure, the most prominent share being that was salaries. Around 175.5m gained from the National Government in 2017, after which it rose to 177.8m a year later. Local taxes contributed approximately 91.2m in the initial year and

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peaked at 102.3m in 2018. Moving to the other sources, the number went up by 0.5 from 38m to 38.5m. The sum of all sources in 2017 was 304.7m, and

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it jumped to 318.6m in 2018. Turning to the chart, the trend of the three expenses was different. It is observed that the most significant amounts are paid for officers’ salaries and staff salaries, which accounted for three-quarters in 2017, before it went down by 6% a year after,

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the budget for buildings and transport remains stable at 17% from 2017 to 2018. The least among the expenditures was technology, which shared only 8% and

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rose to 14% in 2018.