Cheaper tests for travellers ordered

The cost of travel tests for people who arrive from abroad into the UK is to be cut, the UK Government has said.

It is to go down from £88 to £68 for UK travellers who have come from green list countries, or those who have arrived from amber list countries and have been fully vaccinated.

The cost for people arriving from amber list countries who are not fully vaccinated is to go down from £170 to £136 for two tests.

Westminster Health Secretary Sajid Javid also said there will be a 10-day internal review starting this weekend of the pricing and standards of service from providers of the tests.

Javid said that the cost of PCR testing can be “a barrier” to people who were looking forward to taking a summer holiday this year.