Petition Require all elected public officials have a clean enhanced DBS prior to start

We think we need to restore faith in politics, both locally and nationally. Nurses, teachers, doctors, carers; each require enhanced criminal background checks to enable them to help people. We think that these standards should also apply to elected officials.

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We believe that an enhanced criminal background check is a method of ensuring a person can be trusted. Given the number of people impacted by local and national politicians, we think it is prescient to consider implementing a process of procuring a clean enhanced DBS from each elected candidate prior to their starting work. This could help increase trust in our local and national politicians.

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Created by Annys Brady
Deadline 13 August 2025 All petitions run for 6 months
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