Government Wrongly Labels Innocent People Criminals

Some 2,700 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), it has emerged. The mistakes have led to some people being turned down for jobs.

Emma Budd, from Maesteg, South Wales, lost out on a job she was offered by a children's charity when she was incorrectly identified by the CRB as a convicted shoplifter.

What's the betting that New Labour will propose ID cards and the Identity Register as a solution to their problem?

The CRB is an executive agency of the Home Office which runs checks for organisations recruiting people to work in positions of trust, often with children. It said it made "no apology for erring on the side of caution".

So, labelling people criminals (in some cases paedophiles) and losing them jobs because of it, is so acceptable that they make 'no appology' for it?

An outstanding defense of the indefensible!

What I'm waiting for is someone who's affected by this and is prepared to sue the Home Office for libel, which is, after all, what's going on here.