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Govt urged to cap Covid travel test prices at £40

Government
Will Payne
12 August 2021

MPs have reportedly urged the UK government to cap Covid travel tests at £40 amid a growing Tory backlash against the charges.

Senior Conservative MPs have called on health secretary Sajid Javid to take "immediate action to end rip-off" PCR test prices (Credit: Annie Spratt / Unsplash)

Senior Conservative officials have called on health secretary Sajid Javid to take "immediate action" to end "rip-off" PCR test prices.

According to The Telegraph, former cabinet minister David Davis said it would be "perfectly sensible" to cap the prices to prevent profiteering and axe the 20% VAT charges on PCR tests.