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Row over filming Covid tests and red-list reduction

Government
Rob Gill
7 October 2021

A row is brewing over plans to make travellers film their own lateral flow tests on return to the country, while the industry waits for the updated red list to be revealed.

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Hopes are growing that the red list is about to be dramatically cut back with the latest review due by the end of this week.

Elsewhere, prime minister Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from business over his determination not to increase migration to deal with the current labour shortage.

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Cabinet row over filmed tests for returning travellers