doubling

Another factor is the uptick in serious crimes, with the number of high court trials scheduled more than doubling between 2018/19 and last year.

It had taken urgent action, it said, "doubling the rate of asylum decision-making, and reducing the amount of money spent on asylum hotels by almost a billion pounds in the last financial year".

Inflation, particularly the doubling of rice prices in the past year, was politically damaging.

She added that in "doubling down" in her attempt to seek permission to appeal the judge's ruling allowing the group to challenge the ban, the home secretary was "trying to avoid scrutiny of her decision".

He is both deflecting attention from his Epstein association and doubling down on his strong-arm tactics to break all resistance to his regime.