Government won’t put together ‘shopping list’ for public to stockpile for emergency – UK politics live
Ministers have repeated several warnings in the last 18 months about the threat of hybrid attacks from overseas As Wes Streeting and James Murray have been…
The Guardian reports: Ministers have repeated several warnings in the last 18 months about the threat of hybrid attacks from overseas As Wes Streeting and James Murray have been recommending in the last 24 hours, the Government is advising people to stockpile supplies for three days.
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