Law firm PGMBM had asked for a judicial review of the red list scheme, whereby anyone entering the UK from a red list country has to spend 10 days in quarantine in an approved hotel at their own expense.
The government has now agreed to allow people to apply for a fee waiver or reduction on grounds of financial hardship after backing down days before a court hearing was due. The ruling may benefit those, who, for example, are entering the UK to attend a funeral.
The decision represents “an embarrassing climbdown” for the government, according to The Times, as ministers had previously refused to waive fees.
