After a year of lockdown and covid, in which might i say Boris and the conservative government have done a stirling job, up front, decisive, cost saving for the tax payer, and no cronyism that governments,(especially the opposition), usually love, carving up tax payers money in to their own pockets, a nest egg for the great grandchildren perhaps? There was a professor on vaccines on the radio this morning, he said the cost of the ppr test is about £2-£3, and adding the staff cost said we, the conservatives, could be knocking them out for between £10-£15, with a healthy profit, a tax on the worker bees of great britain who choose to go on holiday abroad perhaps? Nothing wrong with profit, but £10-£15 would deliver a healthy one all the same. The thing is,some idiot in our great conservative government, (not anyone higher than a junior minister i imagine), has costed these tests at between £100-£150 each, obviously forgot where to put the decimal point! So a family of 4, maybe nhs workers with 2 kids who have been on the front line all year and saved our great pm"s life, will have to pay between £400-£600 to get tested on return from a green gateway holiday(all safe), instead of £40-£60, Obviously this is an error by a very junior staff member who will probably have to go, nothing to do with anyone above that grade, but thought it should be mentioned in case anyone here knows someone close to our great leader who obviously has no idea of this slight error in pricing. I would just like to thank boris and jacob once more for an outstanding job, as i "m sure we ALL agree!

Yes. have to agree mate, I think public opinion will have to see costs fall, and dramatically.This is for people who can"t afford a stay at home holiday in devon or the lakes, £57 for a cream tea, as micky flanaghan once said, this is for people who can only afford a couple of weeks in portugal or spain, instead of a costly cream tea at home.

Yes, see you at the airport mate!

Money spinner indeed! Just don"t blame the government, it doesn"t go down to well on here, it must have been an outside agency worker doing the figures, inflating by 1000%, the actual cost including staff wages should be about £10-£15 according to a vaccine professor today! In time, you may get an apology but not a personal one, you can feel satisfied the said agency worker no longer helps out hmg, but unfortunately you can"t have a refund!

May be a good idea if a mod can adjust the title to PCR.

Thats 5 times cheaper than the top estimate from uk, if they need advice how to get the cost down maybe they should ask the Cypriot embassy to help, saving their own citizens much needed cash in these hard times, thats if they really care!