As we are only just starting now to unfortunately discover, there have been lots of unforeseen consequences of leaving the EU as a result of Brexit. And one big area it has affected is the whole ...

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 ...

Elected members of Mansfield District Council are in the process of getting DBS checks four years after the authority first said it required them to do so. The Labour-led council adopted a protocol in ...

Three Northumberland county councillors are yet to undergo a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check, the local authority’s top lawyer has revealed. Councillors in Northumberland are expected to ...