Rejected petition: Mandatory DBS checks for all candidates standing for local election in England
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Require all candidates standing for local council elections across the UK to complete the appropriate criminal record check (DBS, Disclosure Scotland or AccessNI) before they can stand for office, regardless of political party or independent status, to strengthen safeguarding and public trust.
Require all candidates standing for local council elections across the UK to complete the appropriate criminal record check (DBS, Disclosure Scotland or AccessNI) before they can stand for office, regardless of political party or independent status, to strengthen safeguarding and public trust.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We already have a petition open on this subject, which you may wish to sign:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756785
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