Daily Mail - UK logo Daily Mail - UK 1 month ago

Now ministers scrap plans to make parents undergo paedophile checks before giving children's friends a lift

Parents offering lifts to friends of their children will not need vetting

Parents offering lifts to friends of their children will not need vetting (Posed by model) Parents who ferry their children's friends to clubs will not be forced to undergo big-brother style checks following an embarrassing Government climbdown. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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  1. In recent weeks some concerns have been voiced again about this specific point ... The response we have received to our consultations suggest to me that we have got the balance about right, but it is tremendously important that we are certain this is so.
    Ed Balls – Ed Balls SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 2 months ago
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  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Schools Secretary Ed Balls leaves the weekly cabinet meeting on October 27, 2009 in London, England. Speculation surrounds Gordon Brown this week after Downing Street dismissed claims that the Prime Minister is lobbying for former PM Tony Blair to become EU President.
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  6. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: A delegate listens to the speeches on the fourth day of the Labour Party Conference on September 30, 2009 in Brighton, England.
  7. HOVE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Children's Secretary Ed Balls speaks to pupils in a science lesson during a visit to Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College, September 30, 2009 in Hove, Sussex, England. The visit comes on the penultimate day of the Labour Conference.
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