halve

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It comes as the government is expected to set out more details of how it plans to meet its ambition to halve knife crime within a decade.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

At the same time, they are going to halve the value of the health top-up for most new claimants.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The government has pledged to halve "long-term rough sleeping" by 2030 and prevent more households from becoming homeless in the first place.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Under its proposed reforms, the government said it is also planning to halve the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England by the time children born in this Parliament finish secondary school.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

“Second, the idea of helping you halve your sentence and getting you back out and at large on the street two years earlier? Not terribly appealing.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin