As the Super El Niño weather event ramps up, Brits have been urged to stockpile food.
Dame Angela Eagle, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told The Guardian: ‘If you’ve got a store of a bit of food that can keep you going for a while before the emergency services can get to you, you’re going to be a lot better off than if you haven’t.’
So, what items should you be stocking up on?
According to Professor Elizabeth Robinson, an environmental economist at the London School of Economics, households should keep two weeks’ worth of non-perishable foods and water
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