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Theresa May's own MPs have slammed her for having no Brexit plan after Italy's Prime Minister said it will be "impossible" for Britain to get a VIP deal.

Matteo Renzi sent a warning shot to Theresa May as he said Britain will not get special treatment compared to other non-EU nations.

The Tory Prime Minister is trying to balance close access to the EU single market with controlling immigration.

But more than three months after Britain voted Leave she has still not said what her plan is.

Now former Cabinet colleagues are warning she must lay out her plan now - or other EU leaders will join Mr Renzi and it will be too late.

Ex-Justice Secretary Ken Clarke blasted her "government with no policies" while ex-Education Secretary Nicky Morgan called for a plan now.

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Italy's Prime Minister told the BBC the "very difficult process" of exit can only begin when Article 50 is triggered.

Mr Renzi added: "It will be impossible to give to British people more rights than other people outside the EU."

It came hours after Mr Clarke attacked Theresa May's lack of direction.

He told the New Statesman: "Nobody in the Government has the first idea of what they're going to do next on the Brexit front."

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The Tory grandee criticised the so-called "three Brexiteers" - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit Secretary David Davis and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.

Mr Clarke warned the trio, who are tasked with delivering Brexit, that "serious uncertainty in your trading and political relationships with the rest of the world is dangerous if you allow it to persist".

He made clear he would vote against Brexit in the Commons, if given the opportunity, describing the referendum as an "opinion poll" and David Cameron 's decision to call it as "catastrophic".

Remain-backing MP Ms Morgan said Mr Renzi's warning showed Mrs May must take action now.

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Ms Morgan called on the PM to flesh out her debating strategy at the Tories' party conference in Birmingham next week.

She said: "There’s a danger we will start finding ourselves in a position where other people are setting the terms of the debate.

"You’ve got people in government, senior ministers, are keen on a hard Brexit.

"And the Prime Minister has to be the one leading this. I don’t think that’s something she would want to see."

A report by the Institute for Government think tank today said Brexit planning could cost the government £65m a year and involve hiring at least 500 civil servants.

It added time is being wasted on "political squabbles and turf wars".