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BBC File on Four: Public, Private and Profitable
In Westminster last week yet more questions about outsourced contracts that have gone wrong. This time it’s Ministry of Justice officials under fire at the Public Accounts Committee over a contract they signed last year to outsource the provision of court translators and interpreters to a private company.
The Independent: Courtroom chaos: Government accused of endangering justice by using cut-price courtroom interpreters
Britain’s leading translators today accused the government of endangering justice with a cut-price private contract for courtroom interpreters, which is “dangerous to the interests of public safety"
The Guardian: Suspects kept in custody needlessly due to shortage of court interpreters
Allegation comes as MPs are told £300m contract awarded to Applied Language Solutions is 'unsalvageable'
Courts need 10,000 translators a month but service fails to provide linguists for one in ten cases
Taxpayer-funded translators are being used in courts at a rate of more than 10,000 times a month, figures reveal
