UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable
TL;DR
- UK citizens will be advised to stock up on tinned food and bottled water.
- A new government campaign aims to improve national resilience to emergencies.
- Preparation includes plans for extreme weather, cyber-attacks, and potential hostile state attacks.
- The goal is to ensure households have basic supplies to free up government resources for the vulnerable.
- Cabinet Office minister Louise Haigh is coordinating crisis planning across departments.
- Previous warnings about Russia attacking a NATO country have been cited.
- Hackers linked to Iran were recently blamed for a cyber-attack on a British power plant.