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The Forestry Commission is the latest Government department to confirm it is preparing for Britain to quit the EU without a deal.

It joins bigger departments such as the Home Office, the Treasury, Department for Transport ­planning for a hard Brexit .

Yesterday Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry warned the UK is “heading for no deal” and Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to control her party was a “serious threat” to Britain’s interests.

Ms Thornberry said: “She doesn’t have the strength or the authority to be able to control her backbenchers, let alone her cabinet.”

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Mrs May will update MPs today on the progress made at last week’s Brussels summit.

Meanwhile, Spain has said UK expats living there will not be “disrupted’ even with no deal.

A new report has also warned manufacturing firms are holding back investment due to Brexit.

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Investment in plant and machinery has been delayed by the uncertainty, said a survey of 328 firms by trade body EEF. But they found 51% still meant to spend more in the next two years.

Lee Hopley, EEF’s chief economist, said: “Brexit means the future outlook for investment is not clear cut.”