Pressure is building on the shoulders of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson around travel restriction and airport virus testing.

The main Opposition party labour is calling for testing at the border, calling it 'the way forward'.

They believe it will help the travel industry, the economy and see a robust testing regime implemented quickly.

UK corespondent Gavin Grey says the Government do not agree.

"The Government says 'look out advice is only seven per cent of cases would actually be identified at the airport and that would give everyone a false sense of security'.

"They're also outlining the fact how are we going to get the testing done? And how accurate is it going to be?"

Meanwhile, the UK's chief negotiator says the Government is not afraid to walk away from Brexit talks without a trade deal.

Grey says the eighth round of formal negotiations begin on Wednesday (New Zealand time), which will be the final ones.