LABOUR issued a list of demands to the government yesterday to help clamp down on coronavirus panic buying and assure the public that there is enough food to go round.

Shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary Luke Pollard wrote to his government counterpart George Eustice, expressing his concern that panic buying and stockpiling “will get worse with stricter social distancing measures as people worry that these will remain in place for many months.”

The government has admitted that the nationwide lockdown could continue until June.