The government has said it wants to strengthen the UK’s readiness for emergencies such as severe weather, which can affect services including power, water, phones and the internet.
The “Be Ready” campaign encourages households to stockpile supplies for three days, including non-perishable food, bottled water, a torch, sleeping bags and first aid items.
It also recommends keeping an FM radio available for updates during outages and writing down the frequencies of national or local radio stations used for news.
The measures follow similar campaigns run by European countries such as France, Ireland and the Netherlands, where such advice has become “a normal part of everyday life”, he added.
