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.

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and

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provide the information about the

police

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budget

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in a certain

Britain

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British

area in 2017 and 2018. The

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illustrates where the

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came from

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the

police

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budget

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,

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the

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charts

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give data about the areas that

money

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was spent. The units are measured in

pound

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sterling.

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, it can be seen from the

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that the largest amount of

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came from the national government in the years provided,

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charts

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showed that most

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was spent on the salaries of officers and staff. To start with

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information in the

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, the national government provided 175.5

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pounds

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to the

police

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in 2017

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figure increased to 177.8

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pounds

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in 2018. As for the income from local taxes, it accounted for 91.2 and 102.3

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pounds

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in 2017 and 2018, respectively. In 2017, 38

million

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pounds

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came from other sources

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figure was 38.5

million

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pounds

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in 2018. The total

budget

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experienced a moderate growth from 304.7

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pounds

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to 318.6

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pounds

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in a year. In terms of

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data, the share of salaries of officers and staff was 75% in 2017

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it decreased to 69% in 2018. Regarding the technology, it accounted for 8% and 14% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. 17% of the

police

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budget

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was spent on buildings and

transports

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in both years.