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Taxpayer-funded translators are being used in courts at a rate of more than 10,000 times a month, figures reveal
Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice faced ridicule and derision by MPs at the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (15 October) when they examined the interpreting contract awarded by MoJ to Applied Language Solutions (ALS), now owned by Capita
The company contracted to provide court interpreters has failed to reach its performance target after six months, statistics released today reveal. The overall success rate for jobs completed by Applied Language Solutions between 30 January and 31 August was 89%
After months of failing to send interpreters for court cases (Eyes passim), and having been condemned as "wholly inadequate" by government auditors, Applied Language Solutions has found itself in the dock
