Who opposes lateral flow test charging?

The decision to end free lateral flow tests, as the government scales back spending on this public health Covid measure has been met with opposition from unions and medical charities.

The Alzheimer’s Society reckons the cost of lateral flow tests per person will cost care home visitors around £73 a month which it described it as a “cruel tax on care”.

Frances O’Grady, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has argued that free test should definitely remain free of charge “Introducing charges for Covid tests in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis is both heartless and reckless.”

The biggest union in the UK, GMB union has argued that the Government should continue to provide the tests free of charge as the public health benefit far outweighed the cost.