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Monthly summary – August 2020
Welcome to our monthly summary for August 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Telling a partner, family member or friend about your criminal record
If you want to find the best way of disclosing your criminal record to an employer, then a quick internet…
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New report highlights potentially hundreds of unlawful criminal record checks by employers each year
Unlock, a national advocacy charity for people with criminal records, has today published Checked out?, a report on so-called ‘ineligible’ criminal record…
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Monthly summary – July 2020
Welcome to our monthly summary for July 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Received a Single Justice Procedure Notice? What you need to know
In 2015 the Ministry of Justice introduced the Single Justice Procedure Notice (SJPN) to speed up the processing of less…
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Reforming the criminal records disclosure regime – Have you a sentence of over 4 years in prison?
We’ve published an updated briefing on reforming the criminal records disclosure regime and we want to hear from you if…
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Prison philanthropist Edwina Grosvenor talks to Christopher Stacey
Prison philanthropist and prison reformer Edwina Grosvenor talks to Christopher Stacey as part of her Justice podcast series. They discuss…
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What is the rationale behind the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974?
In a week where the Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland, said that he was preparing a policy that looked at making…
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Changes to filtering rules – Will you still need to disclose your criminal record?
On the 30 January 2019, the Supreme Court directed the government to fix the broken Disclosure and Barring Service system.…
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Government responds to Supreme Court ruling with plans to change criminal records disclosure regime
Responding to government plans to change the criminal records disclosure regime to address the Supreme Court judgment in the case…
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Unlock cautiously welcomes incentives for employers who take on young adults
Unlock welcomes the Chancellor’s summer statement, in particular, incentivising employers to create training placements and apprenticeships for young adults. This…
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MP puts #FairChecks on Boris Johnson’s radar
Boris Johnson was called out this week for “dithering” in sorting out our “damaging and discriminatory” criminal records system. At…
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Summer 2020 Newsletter – What we’ve been up to
Today we’ve published our summer 2020 newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last…
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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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Monthly update – June 2020
We’ve just published our update for June 2020. This months update includes: An infographic setting out details of the number…
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Monthly summary – June 2020
Welcome to our monthly summary for June 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
