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 ...

A victim of Hornchurch choirmaster Thomas Rodgers has urged parents to make the most of new enhanced DBS checks available to private tutors ...

A victim of Hornchurch choirmaster Thomas Rodgers has urged parents to make the most of new enhanced DBS checks available to private tutors.

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” ...

The local government minister Simon Hoare has written to upper-tier and unitary authorities “urging” that councillors have their criminal records reviewed before sitting on education or social care ...

A council whose leader resigned after five women made allegations of abuse against him is to bring in compulsory DBS checks. West Northamptonshire Council's current leader said the move would fulfil a ...