Emergency kit for £25: the two things to buy first (UK)

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Allow £10

One upstairs, one down

Two bright torches with batteries. Your phone torch is fine until you need the phone.

Allow £15

Two full phone charges

Charge it tonight and put it somewhere you’ll remember, which rules out “a safe place”.

Fill six clean 2-litre bottles of tap water per person and date them. Swap every six months.
Move three days of tins you already own onto one shelf, with the tin opener
Save 105 in your phone and write it by the fuse box
Write down ten phone numbers on paper
Check whether you qualify for the Priority Services Register

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A radio and anything for warmth beyond the blankets you own. That’s the next £75, and it’s on ready for £100.