THE Cabinet will on Tuesday order Britain’s six million businesses to start immediate preparations for a No Deal Brexit, The Sun can reveal.

The dramatic move will be signed off by Theresa May and her top table Tuesday morning.

6 Theresa May will sign off on telling Britain's six million businesses to start immediate preparations for a No Deal Brexit Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd

It is part of a significant ramping up of the PM’s threat to walk away from the EU without any agreement unless Brussels agrees to improve its terms. In other No Deal planning to be made public today;

CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond will dole out another £2billion to government ministries to help prepare Britain for no deal;

GOVERNMENT departments will be told to park all non-urgent business to concentrate as much as possible on Brexit contingency preparations;

MR HAMMOND will also blast senior ministers for only spending a third of their pots so far.

6 Chancellor Philip Hammond will be doling out another £2billion to government ministries to help prepare Britain for no deal; Credit: AP:Associated Press

The powerful shift in tone is part of a new emergency package to be presented to the Cabinet today by Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay.

A significant public stepping up in No Deal planning has been resisted by Mrs May and Mr Hammond for months — for fear of sparking a nationwide panic, as well as wasting billions on it.

But with just 101 days to go until Brexit day on March 29, and still no deal in place, it emerged last night that Brexiteer ministers — aided by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Treasury Chief Secretary Liz Truss — have persuaded the PM round.

A Cabinet minister said last night: “We’re going to ramp up No Deal planning as much as possible. No Deal must look credible, and the EU must be made to understand we’re serious. I think Theresa finally gets that now.”

6 Treasury Chief Secretary Liz Truss and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt helped persuade the PM to ramp up No Deal planning Credit: Getty Images - Getty

A Cabinet source added: “We’ve published technical notices on what to do weeks ago, but businesses in particular haven’t been taking this seriously enough and have done too little.

“There needs to be a step change in behaviour across the board now, and that includes in Government too”.

Letters to the nation’s 145,000 businesses that export to the EU will be despatched this afternoon.

The rest will be targeted with a big information campaign through social messaging and adverts across the national media.

6 Theresa May had been restricting No Deal planning for fear of sparking a nationwide panic Credit: PRU

The Cabinet will hold back from the ultimate decision of installing No Deal as its central planning assumption.

The Sun can also reveal that in a No10 showdown — tipped to be very choppy — the Chancellor will hit back with an ambush on a series of Cabinet ministers.

Mr Hammond is expected to demand to know why barely a third of the £1.5billion of No Deal planning money that he allocated this financial year has been spent so far.

The Business ministry, Department for Transport and Ministry of Justice have used the smallest proportion of their allocations so far, with spending of 2018/19 funds across Government so far hitting an average of just 35 per cent — or £530million.

6 Chancellor Hammond will also blast senior ministers for only spending a third of their pots so far Credit: PA:Press Association

A source close to the Treasury supremo said: “The Chancellor wants to know why that is, and I imagine the Prime Minister will want to know too”

Of the extra £2billion for Brexit spending on deal and No Deal preparations in 2019/20, the Home Office will be the biggest winner, scooping £500million to recruit more border force staff and implement a new immigration system.

The Environment department will land £400million to put new IT systems in place for food and fish exports.

The Department for International Trade gets £130million to boost its activities, and the Department for Transport will receive around £100million.

6 Ex-Cabinet minister Esther McVey has called on Mrs May to agree to giving weekly updates to MPs on No Deal planning Credit: PA:Press Association/PA Images

In addition, the cross-Government Border Delivery Group will get £25million to trial new IT systems.

Giving a hint of what is to come today, Mrs May told MPs last night: “The Cabinet will be meeting tomorrow to discuss what further steps will be taken.

“We are making preparations for No Deal, these preparations are being stepped up.

"And we will be continue to make sure that information is provided externally so people are prepared for a No Deal scenario.”

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But the PM again warned that No Deal will damage jobs and businesses.

Former Cabinet minister Esther McVey, who resigned over Brexit last month, called on Mrs May in the Commons to agree to giving weekly updates to MPs on the planning.

Credit rating agency Fitch yesterday warned that a No Deal Brexit would see the UK’s rating cut again, pushing up the price of borrowing.

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