Civil defence planning accelerated over threat from Russia: The Telegraph
The campaign will urge households to keep food, water and candles on hand as officials widen planning for cyber-attacks and hostile-state threats.
- On Wednesday, the UK Cabinet Office announced an autumn resilience campaign urging households to stock tinned food and bottled water to prepare for extreme weather, cyber-attacks, and hostile-state threats.
- Cabinet Office Minister Louise Haigh is coordinating cross-departmental crisis planning following mounting threats from extreme weather, cyber incidents, and Russia. The goal is to ensure public resilience and free up government resources for the most vulnerable.
- Official data shows England and Wales recorded over 1,017 wildfires in 2026, while government sources confirmed an Iran-linked cyber-attack briefly disabled a British power plant last week.
- The government is reviving the 'War Book,' a classified crisis protocol last updated in 2004, and accelerating home-defence planning deadlines from 2035 to 2030 to address emerging threats.
- A massive national home-defence exercise is planned for 2027 to stress-test preparedness across multiple threat scenarios, marking a strategic shift toward formalizing crisis management structures.
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(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = The British government is preparing a public campaign and response manual to prepare for extreme weather phenomena and cyber threats from hostile nations...
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UK to warn citizens to stock up on food and water in case of national emergency
A new scheme from the UK government aims to improve public resilience in the face of national emergencies
Stock Up on Food and Water: UK Develops Plans for War, Cyberattacks, and Food Shortages
UK households will be urged to stock up on tinned food and bottled water under a new government resilience campaign drawn up in response to a summer of extreme weather and a rising threat from hostile states. The campaign, led by the Cabinet Office, aims to ensure most households hold basic supplies and know how to cope if an emergency disrupts food, water, or power, freeing up government resources for the most vulnerable, government sources sai…
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