{"id":"1792761933691-money-segment","slug":"uk-tells-households-to-stockpile-for-emergencies","title":"UK tells households to stockpile for emergencies","summary":"The UK government launched a \"Be Ready\" campaign urging every household to stockpile three days' worth of emergency supplies — including nine litres of water per person, non-perishable food, a torch, FM radio, cash and first aid — to prepare for disruptions from cyberattacks, extreme weather or hostile state threats.\n\nMinisters cited growing official concern about the climate crisis, technological dependency and hostile state actors. The campaign came as a critical vulnerability in the PHP programming language forced 32 UK government services offline, and after the National Audit Office warned that Britain's food supply chain is at risk from cyber-attacks and climate change.\n\nThe UK government's \"Be Ready\" campaign advises households to keep three days' worth of non-perishable food and three litres of water per person per day, plus a torch, FM radio, cash and first aid, due to risks including cyberattacks, extreme weather and hostile state threats.\n\nThe 10-year Treasury yield stayed below 5% Friday after AI-driven tech selling sent investors into government bonds, according to CNBC.","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T13:25:33.691Z","channel":{"id":"money","name":"Oncast Money","language":"en"},"show":"Market Open","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: The UK government's \"Be Ready\" campaign advises households to keep three days' worth of non-perishable food and three litres of water per person per day, plus a torch, FM radio, cash and first aid, due to risks including cyberattacks, extreme weather and hostile state threats.\nSource: BBC News / The Guardian / Sky News NAMES: none (https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2113621620355182845)\n\nTRUE: The 10-year Treasury yield stayed below 5% Friday after AI-driven tech selling sent investors into government bonds, according to CNBC.\nSource: CNBC NAMES: 10-year Treasury yield = interest rate on US government 10-year bonds (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/bonds-yields-us-treasurys.html)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The UK government's \"Be Ready\" campaign advises households to keep three days' worth of non-perishable food and three litres of water per person per day, plus a torch, FM radio, cash and first aid, due to risks including cyberattacks, extreme weather and hostile state threats.","sourceName":"BBC News / The Guardian / Sky News NAMES: none","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2113621620355182845","claim":"JUST IN: 🇬🇧 UK government urges citizens to stockpile three days of emergency food and water due to growing cyberattack threats.","author":"Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"The 10-year Treasury yield stayed below 5% Friday after AI-driven tech selling sent investors into government bonds, according to CNBC.","sourceName":"CNBC NAMES: 10-year Treasury yield = interest rate on US government 10-year bonds","sourceUrl":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/bonds-yields-us-treasurys.html","claim":"10-year Treasury yield drops back to 5% this week as investors seek cover from AI worries - The 10-year Treasury yield stayed below 5% Friday after AI-driven tech selling sent investors into government bonds.","author":"CNBC"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2113621620355182845","name":"BBC News / The Guardian / Sky News NAMES: none","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/bonds-yields-us-treasurys.html","name":"CNBC NAMES: 10-year Treasury yield = interest rate on US government 10-year bonds","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"CNBC"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792761933691-money-segment-uk-tells-households-to-stockpile-for-emergencies","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/money","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792761933691-money-segment-uk-tells-households-to-stockpile-for-emergencies","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792761933691-money-segment-uk-tells-households-to-stockpile-for-emergencies and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Adam","text":"Meanwhile, the bond market is telling a different story about risk."},{"host":"Bill","text":"The 10-year Treasury yield dropped back below 5 percent this week as investors ran from AI stocks into government bonds."},{"host":"Adam","text":"And here's a post from Unusual Whales that puts the fiscal picture in stark terms."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Governments are borrowing at the fastest pace since the pandemic. Net borrowing by advanced economies will hit 5.2 percent of GDP this year."},{"host":"Adam","text":"That's the highest since 2021, according to the IMF. The US and China are on track for deficits of 8 percent of GDP or more in 2026."},{"host":"Bill","text":"I couldn't confirm those exact IMF figures, but the direction is right. Governments are borrowing heavily."},{"host":"Adam","text":"And that's the tension. Governments are stretched thin, and that leaves little room for surprises."},{"host":"Bill","text":"It's the same story everywhere. You can't keep running massive deficits forever."},{"host":"Adam","text":"And that's the market we're opening into this morning."},{"host":"Bill","text":"One more thing — CNBC has a piece on family offices. The next generation is likely to add more risk, more debt, more alternatives."},{"host":"Adam","text":"That's a slow-burn story, but it matters. Trillions of dollars are moving to younger hands."},{"host":"Bill","text":"And they're not going to sit in 60/40 portfolios. They want private equity, venture, direct deals."},{"host":"Adam","text":"Which means more volatility, more leverage, and more complexity in the system."},{"host":"Bill","text":"Just what we need. More leverage."},{"host":"Adam","text":"It's the circle of life. Old money gets conservative, new money gets aggressive."},{"host":"Bill","text":"And the rest of us just try to keep up."}]}