Ministers rule out 'shopping list' as Be Ready campaign draws Conservative fire
Treasury minister says emergency stockpile guidance is about information, not instructions, after critics accuse Labour of lecturing the public
The government has ruled out sending households a 'shopping list' of emergency supplies, a day after launching its Be Ready campaign urging the public to stockpile three days of food and water, as Conservative critics accused ministers of lecturing the public. Treasury minister James Murray said the advice was about providing information, not dictating people's purchases.