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Court delays due to interpreters
Multiple new court delays reported on the South Eastern Circuit website
MPs demand an end to interpreters contract
A parliamentary debate last week heard calls for the ‘shambolic’ court interpreters contract to be scrapped, as the service continues to miss performance targets
MPs call for Capita contract to be axed
In a debate in parliament last week Members of Parliament queued up to condemn the Ministry of Justice’s handling of a £42 million annual contract awarded to a private company for court interpreting services which is still going wrong after 500 days
Lack of interpreters holding up courts cases in North Wales
Trials are being held up while the right people are found to deal with certain dialects
