Registration was due to begin next month for new employees and those changing jobs but the Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a review of the whole VBS, labelling the measures "draconian". However, the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), which was set up to run the VBS, will still make decisions about barring unsuitable people from working with children or vulnerable adults, and requirements for criminal records checks remain in place.

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