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

Closed 152 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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.

Timeline

13 Feb 2025	Petition opened for signatures
13 Aug 2025	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 152

Status Closed

Department Home Office

Opened 13 Feb 2025

Closed 13 Aug 2025

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