Nacro is disappointed that details of when and how the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will be reformed were not in the Ministry of Justice’s response to the Breaking the Cycle Green Paper.

Nacro is pleased to see further progress in Lord Dholakia’s Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) private members bill, as it reaches the House of Lords committee stage on Friday July 15.

Amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will remove barriers to employment for people who have committed committed crimes in the past but who have put their criminal past behind them.

Nacro welcomes the Child Protection APPG’s All Party Parliamentary Group’s report, ‘Vetting and Disclosures: Getting it Right in Practice’ and believes that the protection of children and vulnerable adults must be afforded the highest priority. We also welcome the report’s call for training for people dealing with information from CRB checks.

Nacro raised its concerns about changes to the vetting and barring scheme, which are currently going through Parliament.

Nacro’s Change the Record campaign has found further support in the Red Tape Task Force’s call for a reduction in the use of Criminal Records Bureau checks.

The task force, led by Lord Hodgson, spent nine months examining the myriad of rules and regulations which put people off giving their time and money to good causes and stifles the volunteer and charity sector in the UK.

In the current climate of cuts and protests, Tim Linehan, manager of Nacro’s Change the Record campaign, uncovers a little-known effect on young demonstrators’ future careers