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Monthly summary – October 2020
Welcome to our monthly summary for October 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Travelling to the EU after 1 January 2021
Back in January 2019, we published an advice post, travel to the EU post-Brexit which set out our understanding of…
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Settled status – New information on what you need to know if you are an EU citizen and have a criminal record
The EU Settlement Scheme protects the rights you currently have in the UK through the process of applying for settled…
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Settled status – New information on what you need to know if you are an EU citizen and have a criminal record
The EU Settlement Scheme protects the rights EU/EEA citizens and their family members currently have in the UK, through the process…
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Criminal records webinar Wednesday 2 December
Do you deal with criminal records in your work? You might be helping people with convictions who are applying for…
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Our autumn 2020 newsletter – What we’ve been up to
Today we’ve published our autumn 2020 newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last…
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A smarter approach to criminal records?
On the 16th September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published it’s much anticipated white paper “A Smarter Approach To Sentencing”. It is a mixed…
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Monthly update – September 2020
We’ve just published our update for September 2020. This months update includes: An update to our A-Z of job roles…
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Monthly summary – September 2020
Welcome to our monthly summary for September 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Some examples of people we’ve helped
Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped. We…
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Scottish Government Reforms criminal record disclosure
The Scottish Government has passed a significant reform to their criminal records regime. The Scottish system is separate from the one…
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Criminal records: a comparison between England and Israel
We know that in the UK, people with criminal records can face stigma, discrimination and barriers which prevent them from…
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Open letter to Ministers Victoria Atkins and Chris Philp
Back in July, the government responded to a Supreme Court ruling from January 2019, requiring changes to the filtering system.…
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‘Anchoring, everlasting, uncertainty, resilience’: Researching the impact of criminal records acquired in youth
Nicola Collett, a PhD student at Keele University, is currently researching the potential influence of a criminal record acquired between…
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The Law Society Gazette – White paper promises ‘smarter’ sentencing to cut crime
In this article regarding the Government’s newly announced sentencing white paper, Christopher Stacey welcomed the proposals to reduce disclosure periods…
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Unlock’s response to Ministry of Justice plans to make reforms to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Commenting on today’s announcement (16 September) by the Ministry of Justice on plans to make changes to the Rehabilitation of…
