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Families will today be urged to stockpile three days' worth of food and water to help build national 'resilience'.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden will advise people to make contingency plans for dealing with potential emergencies such as prolonged power cuts, cyber attacks and floods.
Last year, Mr Dowden said people should stock up on 'analogue capabilities', such as candles, torches and wind-up radios, to boost their 'personal resilience'.
Today he will go further by encouraging people to stock up with enough food and water to survive for three days without leaving their homes.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden (pictured) will advise people to make contingency plans
Ministers believe preparations by individual households will help take pressure off the emergency services when dealing with a crisis (stock photo)
Whitehall sources insisted that the plan was not designed to create a nation
