Consumers need protecting against rip-off testing costs and rogue businesses without accreditation trying to make a quick buck." No family should be priced out of a holiday because of a private market not functioning properly.... We only need 20 to 25 decent, respectable providers to do the job." The testing firms can continue operating while they go through the three-stage accreditation process, which includes checks on laboratory standards.... The partner test laboratories face the tougher s

Overflowing boxes of dropped off test kits are a" symbol of the absolute mess PCR testing has become", one declared. After pictures of overstuffed drop-off boxes for testing firm Randox emerged, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw branded the compulsory tests pointless, adding that they are" becoming a bad joke". Even an actual testing firm, the Corona Test Centre, admitted the Government must investigate whether firms are fit for purpose. Just 47 of the 400 Governmentapproved providers are offering tests fo