Government advice for people to fill up jerry cans with petrol ahead of a threatened fuel tanker strike have come in for criticism.

The Fire Brigade's Union says Cabinet office minister Francis Maude's suggestion - which Prime Minister David Cameron's agreed with - would massively increase the risk of fire and explosions.

It says there's a real danger the public will start storing fuel in
inappropriate ways and is urging him to withdraw his advice.

Meanwhile, Labour leader Ed Miliband says the government should just be doing more to get the unions talking:

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