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Renewed uncertainty over interpreting
The future of courtroom interpreting is once again uncertain following the current monopoly supplier’s decision to bid only for a residual element of a new contract, the Gazette has learned.
West Midlands Police spend £7m on translators
Translators have been used by West Midlands Police for more than 150 different languages and dialects during the past five years, costing taxpayers £7.6 million.
PI4J Letter to National Police Chiefs’ Council
'Unless interpreters are offered sustainable rates, they will boycott this contract too'
PI4J Letter to Crown Commercial Service
'We understand that the CCS has informed the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) that interpreters and their representative bodies are ‘on-board’ and support their FWA. This is not the case.'
