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Combine the flour, bicarb, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl then stir through the sugar, if you have any lumps in the sugar break them apart with your fingers.
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Cut the butter up into small pieces and add to the flour mix, gently rub the butter into the flour with your finger tips until you get a breadcrumb consistency.
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Add the golden syrup and treacle to the mix and stir with a spoon until it starts to come together, then work the mix with your hands to form a dough, if its a little dry add just a tsp of water and work it in until you have a formed a dough.
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Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for about half an hour to firm up.
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Roll the dough out on a floured surface to around 5mm thick and using a cutter around 2-2.5in cut out your biscuits.
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Grease and line a baking tray and place some biscuit dough on the tray, they don't spread much so you can put about 12 on a tray, leaving around a cm between each one.
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Place in an oven preheated to gas mark 4/180c and bake for 12 mins, 10 mins we find they don't crisp up as much, that extra 2 mins works wonders!
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Allow to firm up for a minute before removing off the tray and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.