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 ...

The council's legal department has been asked to consider the possibility of DBS checking elected members.

Getting the right people into the right roles has never had higher stakes, and so when it came to choosing a screening provider and platform for its DBS checks, working with the very best was ...

Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, Vikki Slade, has called for urgent reform of the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) after hosting a Parliamentary Adjournment Debate on the issue.