The entire population could get regular coronavirus tests as standard as part of a future plan to ease lockdown, Matt Hancock claimed today.
The Health Secretary claimed a "huge project" is under way in government to flood the country with tests for everyone, even those who have no coronavirus symptoms.
Mr Hancock refused to spell out any firm details of his plan or set a deadline for it - saying only testing would be ramped up "over the remainder of this year".
It also comes after the government repeatedly struggled to meet other pledges on testing earlier this year. Yesterday 150,000 tests were carried out in the UK.