A battle over online music publishing rates between digital services on one side and publishers and songwriters on the other is continuing to heat up in the wake of a court decision that struck down… ...

A Government agency set up to protect children has branded hundreds of innocent people criminals, it has emerged. In the year to February, almost 700 applicants for jobs in teaching, nursing, ...

CRB checks require the disclosure of all criminal convictions or cautions, regardless of their relevance to the job. Blanket criminal records checks are not "compatible" with a key part of the Human ...

The law which requires people to disclose all previous convictions to certain employers as part of a CRB check is a breach of human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled. By Telegraph Reporters 29 ...

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) has come under renewed attack after it emerged that teachers and carers were working with children and vulnerable adults before checks on them had been completed.