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Vulnerable in danger as care work barring system fails

VULNERABLE adults have been put at risk after thousands of known offenders were allowed to work in care homes, a Labour Party inquiring revealed Yesterday.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) allows employers to sanction people with recorded offences from working with vulnerable adults.

But Labour released statistics showing a 90 per cent drop in the number of people being prevented from working with the elderly and disabled.

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