Worried savers are buying gold bars and stuffing them in safes at home, data suggests, as fears mount that a Brexit-induced financial meltdown could be just around the corner.

Google searches for the term "home safe" are running at 61pc of the level at which they peaked in November 2008, the high point of the financial crisis.

They are now higher than at any time since (scroll right, below, to see full search data).