Welfare Tsar Dame Louise Casey has called on shoppers to stop stockpiling amid coronavirus panic and to donate to their local foodbank instead.
It comes as foodbank bosses braced for a surge in demand as families lose income amid economic turmoil triggered by Covid-19.
That could coincide with a drop in volunteers who fall ill or - with many foodbanks staffed by older people - are advised to stay at home.
Foodbanks are running low on vital products amid the outbreak. Dame Casey, who was appointed by Boris Johnson last month to lead a review into tackling rough sleeping - said it was time for "everybody in our country to step up" and think of those worse off than themselves.
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