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Ministers 'doing bare minimum to stop travel testing 'rip-off'

Government
Will Payne
27 August 2021

Labour has accused the government of doing the "bare minimum" to curb PCR travel test firms charging "misleading prices".

Labour urged the transport secretary to take tougher action against firms "exploiting" the system (Credit: Prasesh Shiwakoti / Unsplash)

The opposition party has reportedly urged transport secretary Grant Shapps to take tougher action against businesses "exploiting" the pandemic by imposing "rip-off" prices.

Earlier this week, the government announced that 82 companies had been issued a two-strike warning for displaying lower prices on the gov.uk website than were available at the point of checkout.