Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom warns MPs will have to vote for Theresa May's plan to block a No Deal Brexit

She warned politicians lining up to block efforts to take the UK out of the EU in March that without an alternative, no-deal was the “legal default position”.

Her comments in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph came after she spoke in support of a “managed No Deal”.

She said it could be a possible alternative to the PM’s Withdrawal Agreement should it fail to pass the Commons in January’s planned vote.

Some MPs have tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill to stop the Government implementing No Deal plans without the explicit consent of Parliament.

But Mrs Leadsom indicated ministers would “continue” to plan even if the amendment was implemented and the Commons voted to halt provisions for leaving without a deal.

She said: “The Government will have to, as a competent Government, continue to prepare for all eventualities.

“Parliament can always of course express a view, but in order to avoid a no-deal Brexit, Parliament does need to vote for a deal.”

She added: “The legal default position is that if there isn’t a deal then the UK leaves the EU – without a deal.”

It came as former chancellor George Osborne said a no-deal Brexit could see the party stuck in opposition unless it abandoned the “reckless decision of hard Brexiteers”.

In the same Sunday Telegraph interview yesterday, Mrs Leadsom also signalled she would be happy for MPs being investigated for financial impropriety to be named.

Earlier this year there was a massive row when MPs voted to give themselves anonymity during internal probes.

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