The government is facing the threat of fresh legal action after it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter at a televised pandemic briefing by the prime minister, despite spending £2.6 million on a new media room.
Deaf campaigners are now spearheading three separate legal cases against the government in connection with its continuing refusal to provide BSL interpreters at vital televised briefings.
Supporters of the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign have been trying for the last year to persuade the government that it must provide an interpreter at its pandemic briefings, and not rely on an in-screen interpreter on the BBC News channel.