Part of the plans will also mean that travellers will also no longer need to have a Covid test when they leave the UK. It comes following plenty of criticism that PCR providers have been taking advantage by pushing up the costs of the tests to make it very expensive to travel. Currently a typical family of four face costs of sometimes more than £600 for the PCR tests and the Competition and Markets Authority has reportedly received many complaints over “dodgy pricing practices”. It means that travel is becoming easier especially within Europe where many countries have now stopped requiring a PCR test for the fully vaccinated. "It’s exactly what we’ve been calling for because these tests have been expensive and too confusing.

Source: Daily Mirror September 12, 2021 00:33 UTC