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The House of Lords will today begin hearing evidence on court interpreting services amid fresh anger within the interpreting community over a new government tender for language services contracts.
A group of court interpreters and translators has withdrawn services at Chelmsford Crown Court, protesting against freelance pay and working conditions.
Court translators have withdrawn services at a court this week in a protest over freelance working conditions, with one claiming her peers live "pretty much on the poverty line".
Courts could be plunged into fresh chaos this week as disgruntled interpreters down tools over grievances raised with the company contracted by the Ministry of Justice to provide language services.