A recent change to DBS rules means eligible self-employed professionals can now apply for Enhanced DBS checks through a ...

Recent changes to Disclosure and Barring Service legislation, which came into effect on 21 January 2026, recognise that shift ...

Guernsey driving instructors who put forward students for practical tests must have successfully completed an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check from next week. The safeguarding ...

The Disclosure and Disbarring Service manages both criminal record disclosures and decisions about who should be barred from working with ...

Councillors in a borough are to have mandatory criminal record checks after a former mayor pleaded guilty to child sex offences last month. Sefton Council voted in favour of members undertaking a ...

There was ‘shock’ among councillors as they learned enhanced DBS checks for members are not already enforced. Coun Dave Molyneux, leader of Wigan Council, told his peers that he “strongly believes” ...

Co-director of Unlock, a UK charity for people with criminal records Co-director of Unlock, a UK charity for people with criminal records Of all the things in the press recently about Oxfam, comments ...