The move has been welcomed, but some experts say it will not cover the current cost of living.
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
Deep unpopularity in the country and jittery Labour MPs is the prism through which both the countdown to this Budget and its aftermath should be seen.
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
Shumeet Banerji resigned on Friday citing “governance issues” but the full reasons were not known until now.
Marven’s mother and sister could be sent back to gang-ravaged Haiti as a US protection scheme ends.
Ahead of this week’s Budget, some have accused the Office for Budget Responsibility of being a “straitjacket on growth”
Samir Shah says he is “not someone who walks away” after criticism of his handling of the recent crisis over Panorama’s edit of a Donald Trump...
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
BBC chairman Samir Shah appears to strengthen his position during questioning by MPs, our media editor says.