Ministers urged to ditch “rip off” travel tests after hundreds abandoned in the streets
Government approved sellers flog them for around £75 per person but some are available for as little £30 or as much as £270.Mr Javid wrote: "The cost of PCR testing can act as a barrier, especially for families who want to travel together.
Last week influential Tory Huw Merriman blasted the mandatory testing, saying: “This barrier to affordable travel needs to stop now.”Transport Committee chairman Mr Merriman said passengers had wasted £35million on tests taken from July 1 and of the 6,977 positive tests, only 354 were sequenced. “Passengers are being ripped off with expensive PCR tests. We are told this is justified to sequence for variants but only 5% of tests are. This barrier to affordable travel needs to stop now.”
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