The Ministry of Justice spent a whopping £41,945,961.34 on interpreters and translation services in 2025. That works out at roughly £115,000 every single day…
Responding to a parliamentary question from Tory MP John Hayes, justice minister Jake Richards provided a breakdown:
More than 150,000 interpreter requests were fulfilled across the MoJ estate during the year. That comes to £280 per request…
The courts service alone ran up almost £6.5 million in off-contract spending, around 15% of the total, on top of existing contracts. To put the figure in perspective, Home England is getting just over £20 million of new cash to try to scale up council housebuilding. Maybe Zack Polanski could be drafted in to deal with all of the government’s translation needs…
Asked by Lobby hacks about his past comments on Trump (“any UK politician who gave Trump the time of day should be ashamed right now”) Burnham was blithe:
“Politicians say things throughout their career, but now the important thing is to focus on the moment you are in.”
Were it so easy…