Government drops security checks on volunteers
Howard Lake | 7 February 2001 | News
Education Minister David Blunkett today announced that charities would not be required to pay to vet new volunteers. Such criminal records checks with the new criminal records bureau could have cost the voluntary sector £15m. Instead the government will foot the bill.
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