People across East and West Sussex say they are unable to start jobs because of long delays to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The background checks are required by employers to inspect a ...

MPs and peers could be forced to submit to criminal record checks due to their level of access to young and vulnerable people, under proposals launched by a new MP. Labour MP Jo White has suggested in ...

Staff who work at a service which conducts DBS checks for employment are to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas. Employers can check the criminal record of someone applying for a role. This is ...

Police leaders in Sussex say the next six months are “critical” in getting the force’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check delays under control to avoid getting to a point “where you’re never ...

Three Northumberland county councillors are yet to undergo a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check, the local ...

The merger of the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority last November to form the Disclosure and Barring Service, means that since December 2012 the CRB check has been ...

The Children’s Commissioner has said everyone supervising children in Britain’s charity shops should undergo a full criminal record check, after HuffPost UK established thousands of volunteers are ...

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