Millions of people in England and Wales who work or volunteer with children and vulnerable adults will no longer need criminal record checks, ministers say. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that the aim was to make child worker checks ‘more proportional’.
More information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12419023 & http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/crime/vbs-report?view=Binary.