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Govt poised to reveal plans to overhaul UK's testing regime 'this week'

Government
Will Payne
16 September 2021

Ministers are reportedly poised to announce a major overhaul of the UK’s Covid-19 travel testing scheme later this week.

Travellers will no longer be required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test to enter

The government is understood to favour scrapping pre-departure tests and PCR testing for travellers who are double jabbed, according to reports in Thursday’s national press (16 September).

According to The Telegraph, transport secretary Grant Shapps and chancellor Rishi Sunak are thought to back the move as part of a new streamlined testing regime that could reportedly save a family of four up to £400 on an autumn holiday abroad.