A record amount of cash could be withdrawn from ATMs this weekend as savers heed ministers’ advice to hoard money at home in case calamity strikes.
It follows the launch of Labour‘s ‘Be Ready’ campaign, urging every household to stockpile three days’ worth of essentials to cope with a crisis caused by either war, cyberattacks or a natural disaster.
Sales of bottled water, loo roll and wind-up radios have soared since the alert was issued, and last week online retailer Ocado temporarily ran out of 40 varieties of tinned soup, including Heinz and Baxters.
Now it seems the public is also taking on
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