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Warnings over panic buying amid fears supermarkets will run out

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Published date21 December 2020
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
Ian Wright told BBC Breakfast on Monday that there is, however, “concern” around food supplies in the longer term, particularly after Christmas.

He said: “The problem is the return journey of drivers coming to the UK. If they cannot be guaranteed either that they will get out of the UK because of the congestion or that they will be able to secure a return journey full of whatever product it is, that’s going to make it much more unlikely for them to come in the first place.

“And, over time, because the transport system requires these round trips, that will reduce the ability of us to bring food into the country after Christmas if that takes effect.

“We need a pragmatic solution that gets drivers across the border and into the UK by whatever route in exactly the same way we had throughout the lockdown in March and in the earlier part of the year.”

The general manager of trade group Logistics UK, formerly the Freight Transport Association, has urged the public not to panic-buy following France’s freight lorry ban.

Alex Veitch said the Government needs to work with EU partners to come up with a pragmatic solution to give the French and other authorities confidence that drivers are COVID-free.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he said the ban is only affecting outbound freight with drivers in a truck, and that inbound goods are still moving.

He said: “This is why we are saying at the current time, please, there is no need to panic-buy, there are goods...

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