Health Secretary Sajid Javid admitted the Government’s own costs were too high and said its single post-holiday PCR test package will fall from £88 to £68. Mr Javid also accused some private testing firms of ‘acting like cowboys’ by advertising misleading prices on the Government website and vowed to boot them off within days. But the changes were dismissed by the travel industry last night, with bosses saying the price cuts amounted to ‘tinkering’. Ministers were branded ‘hypocrites’ this week after repeatedly calling on private firms to drop their prices but failing to cut their own for summer. ‘Providers who are making substantial profits during the pandemic are acting unethically when consumers are being forced to take these PCR tests by Government.

Source: The Nation August 13, 2021 21:00 UTC