UK ‘desperately needs mass food storage sites in case of national emergencies or war’

Experts have called on the government to ramp-up planning for a possible mass impact on UK food chain – warning households can’t afford to stockpileFailure to prepare for a national food emergency risks shortages – or worse (Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire)Britain should set-up a network of food storage sites to ensure families have enough to eat in the event of a national emergency, a group of 150 experts and others have urged the Prime Minister Andy Burnham.