UK Government Warns 80 PCR Travel Test Firms on ‘Cowboy’ Pricing

UK Government Warns 80 PCR Travel Test Firms on ‘Cowboy’ Pricing
A passenger walks past signage displaying the way to a COVID-19 test centre, in Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport in London, on June 3, 2021. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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One fifth of the UK’s officially-sanctioned travel testing firms have been issued with a two-strike warning over pricing, as the government said it was clamping down “cowboy behaviour.”

A health department review of providers of PCR tests—which are now a legally-required, private expense for travellers—found that 82 of the firms charged customers more than was advertised on the official government website.
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Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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