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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

Minister hints free lateral flow tests to be scrapped as part of ‘revised’ plan

PA Wire

A minister has hinted that Boris Johnson is likely to announce an end to the provision of free lateral flow tests when he outlines his “living with Covid” plan next week.

James Heappey, the armed forces minister, said it was time to “reconsider” whether some pandemic measures should remain in place as he argued Britons need to “change behaviours” in the face of future coronavirus variants potentially being less threatening.

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