ICYMI - last night @grantshapps confirmed govt was considering if air travellers could take a lateral flow test at home before departure - “a sort of Covid version of bring your own bottle before you go on holiday”. This would be huge for reducing costs: https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/shapps-were-considering-a-more-lax-approach-to-testing-this-summer-28224

Other key points confirmed by Shapps include news that a provider is apparently currently undergoing accreditation to offer a £45 PCR test - again this would be a massive step in ensuring travel does not simply become the preserve of the rich...

...Meanwhile Shapps also indicated the government’s keenness to open a travel corridor with the US. However he said an enactment by president Trump in March 2020 needed to be repealed - "We are having those conversations"....

Lastly but just as importantly, @grantshapps has confirmed vaccination certificates “will of course, be part of international travel” (despite their notable omission in the GTT report!). He said a govt digital developer was “working exactly on that”: https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/shapps-were-considering-a-more-lax-approach-to-testing-this-summer-28224