DBS checks now compulsory for Hackney’s elected politicians
The move follows two recent cases of ex-councillors being charged with sex offences
DBS checks
Safeguarding expert warning over children in unregistered Hackney ‘schools’
‘The influence that we have is fundamentally undermined by a whack-a-mole approach’
Criminal record checks backlog is costing jobs and ‘causing havoc’, says MP Meg Hillier
Hackney MP raises issue in parliament as Home Office confirms one application has taken at least 25 months to process