The chart below shows local expenditure in 2010 and 2015.

The pie chart compares the amount invested in various categories,

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Education, Healthcare, Pension, Defence, Welfare, Interest on borrowing, Transport, Culture and leisure, and Others- by the local government in 2010 and 2015.

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, in both years, priority was given to all the categories in the same order with a slight variation.

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, the proportion for pension was the same in 2010 and 2015.

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with, education was given the topmost priority in both years, accounting for 24% in 2010 and 21% in 2015.

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was followed by healthcare , which stood at 21% at 2010, and dropped by 1% in 2015. The local government spent the same amount on pensions, approximately 19%.

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, in 2015, there was a drop of 3% in defence, 2% in transport and 1% in the culture & leisure category.

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, the figure for welfare and interest was increased by 5% in 2015, accounting for 13% and 10%, respectively.