Gedling Borough Council will now consider making it compulsory for members to undergo enhanced checks to protect children and vulnerable adults. The Labour-run authority’s Standards Committee met on ...

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A council does not know how many of its staff who require criminal record checks have had one completed, it has emerged. Norwich City Council has been told to urgently find out who has undergone the ...

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 ...