A Liverpool family were forced to drive 70 miles to get a test - only to find out the centre had run out, an MP has claimed.
Walton MP Dan Carden referred to the case - which he said highlighted the major issues with the government's track and trace system - in the House of Commons.
Mr Carden said he had seen widespread anger at reported failings in the test and trace system, which involves a series of private firms.
He said: “It’s hard to convey the strength of feeling across Liverpool at the utter failure of this government.
“From care homes, to PPE, to test and trace.
“Constituent after constituent has come to my office with heartbreaking stories.”
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One included a family in Liverpool who was forced to drive 70 miles to Wales with an autistic child in the car, only to find the test centre had run out of tests.
The journey cost them £40 in petrol they simply didn’t have, he said.
Mr Carden said his anger wasn’t just that the highly-criticised systems were failing Liverpool as the city was forced in to Tier Three lockdown measures, but at what he said was the Tories' failure "to invest in local authorities and public health teams."
The MP added: “Instead [they] have chosen to pump billions into scandal-ridden contractors that have a record of failure.
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“Under the cover of this pandemic, billions of public money handed to faceless corporations, including Tory-linked firms, without competition or transparency, without democratic accountability, or any accountability for that matter, to the public.
“This is money that should’ve been invested into our NHS, that should have left a legacy for the British people, by building up properly-funded public services we can rely on.”
