THERESA May is making Britain look weak and incompetent by refusing to prepare properly for a no-deal Brexit, Jacob Rees-Mogg has blasted.

The Brexiteer slammed the Prime Minister for trying to frighten voters into more compromises from the EU to secure a deal.

3 Jacob Rees-Mogg said not preparing properly is making Britain look weak Credit: Reuters

Last night Leave-backing MPs accused her of trying to panic MPs, the public and business into accepting her bum Chequers deal.

It followed reports the army could be put on standby to deliver medicines, fuel and food if the EU fails to agree a Brexit deal with Britain.

The plans would involve ferrying in supplies via army helicopter and truck in case of medical emergency - just like they would in any civil crisis.

But today Downing Street completely refuted the claims, insisting there were no specific Brexit plans in place.

3 Theresa May and husband Philip are now on holiday in Italy

But Mr Rees-Mogg said not preparing properly for any outcome made Britain look like it was running scared.

The Chairman of the European Research Group of Tory MPs said: "The PM has said for a long time that no deal is better than a bad deal.

"If the Government cannot now show that it can deliver a workable deal based on WTO terms then it is not competent.

"It is not a good look for the Government to appear fretful, weak and incompetent, but this seems to be the way it is approaching the idea of leaving on WTO terms."

Government sources said a series of technical notes on what will happen in the event of no deal are to be released later this month to maximise the impact - rather than dripped out over the summer.

Mrs May was also accused of taking a "kamikaze" approach by deliberately highlighting the negative consequences for the UK.

The Daily Telegraph said the reports didn't include the downsides for the EU for no-deal either - which could have given Mrs May more leverage in talks.

3 Steve Baker told The Sun he was 'alarmed and worried' the Government was seeking to discredit the plans he'd put in place as a minister Credit: Press Association Images

Sources within DexEU - the department for leaving the European Union - said they had never previously discussed this option as part of No deal planning and branded it “scaremongering”.

The source said: “It looks like what they are going to do is frighten everybody and dump them all on a single day.

“It seems pretty clear they are trying to force parliament into a position where people will agree it’s either the Chequers deal or Remain.”

Last night former Brexit minister Steve Baker said he was “alarmed and worried” the Government was “seeking to discredit proposals for exiting” without a deal in place.

Mr Baker – who quit over the Chequers deal – told The Sun: “I am alarmed to see what looks like civil contingencies being trailed instead of the coherent plan which I had expected to reinforce the credibility and feasibility of the unwanted scenario of exiting with nothing agreed.

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“With Government planning to drop all the technical notices on a single day, I can’t help worrying the Government is seeking to discredit proposals for exiting with nothing agreed.”

Government sources played down the accusations of Project Fear and a "kamikaze approach" to Brexit.

One said: "This is not Project Fear. This is a very pragmatic look at things that need to be done if we arrive at a certain outcome."

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