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A Coventry social worker is demanding nearly £1,500 in compensation from the Criminal Records Bureau after she lost three weeks’ wages due to delays in her police checks being processed.

Philomena Brown’s Unison office has written to the CRB’s complaints department asking for a speedy settlement of her claim. John Young, a steward at Unison’s Coventry branch, said: “This person was in limbo for three weeks, not being able to start her new job and not knowing what was going on. It was very stressful for her and we’ve pointed out the error of the CRB’s ways.”