A total of £43.8million was spent providing translators to foreign speakers in the UK justice system last year.
Most is spent on providing interpreters for foreign defendants. Court translator costs have risen to £17.3million, compared with £10.4million four years earlier.
See: Express.co.uk
This is interesting, more so against the backdrop of this previous news item.
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A typical example of intellectual bogus.
For anybody who believes this nonsense I strongly recommend this book: Bad Thoughts: A Guide to Clear Thinking by Jamie Whyte
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The Express is a tabloid and therefore not a reliable source of news, so this may or may not be true. It certainly fits in with that "newspaper"'s agenda of vilifying asylum seekers and immigrants.
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I agree with you Jeremy. Of the 43.8 mil., more than half (25 mil) was spent by the police ????? It does not make sense.
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Jeremy is quite right. Those who are unfamiliar with that rag's editorial viewpoint can get an overview by following this link: http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/search/label/express
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I'll try the book. Thanks, Lutz.
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