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Ministry of Justice spent £21.3 million on interpreters last year
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spent £21.3 million on translators in the last year alone.
The interpreters are used for suspected criminals, victims and crime witnesses.
A record £1.2 m was spent on providing bilingual staff on Albanian suspects.
Calls for interpreters to become legal requirement for NHS providers
Health watchdogs are calling for interpreters to be made a legal requirement for all healthcare settings after a survey exposed worrying gaps in the service.
'Fake interpreters will be dealt with' warns police chief after woman caught out for fraud
Police are clamping down on interpreter fraud.
MoJ rules out court interpreting review following private equity investment
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed it will not be reviewing thebigword’s court interpreting contract after the language services company announced a ‘partnership’ with a US private capital investment firm.
