Theresa May insists there will be no fresh EU referendum 'under any circumstances'
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Downing Street has shot down fresh calls for another EU referendum - insisting it will not happen "under any circumstances".
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening has piled further pressure on Theresa May by calling for a vote on the final Brexit deal.
Writing in The Times, she said the Chequers agreement struck by the Cabinet last week was a "fudge" and added: "The only solution is to take the final Brexit decision out of the hands of deadlocked politicians, away from the backroom deals, and give it back to the people."
But the Prime Minister's spokesman said: "The British people have voted to leave the EU - there is not going to be a second referendum under any circumstances."
The spokesman also hit back at criticism from all sides of Mrs May's Brexit policy, which would maintain close economic ties between the UK and EU, insisting there is no workable alternative to what the Government is proposing.
He said: "[The Prime Minister] is very clear that the proposal we put forward at Chequers delivers on the will of the people in the referendum to take back control of the UK's laws, borders and money while also protecting jobs, supporting growth, maintaining security co-operation and allowing frictionless access at the border to each other's market for goods.
"It is the only way to enable us to get a deal with no friction at the EU/UK border, to resolve the Northern Ireland border issue and to ensure that we can strike free trade deals around the world.
"Cabinet is behind it, businesses have come out to support it and now we need to get on with negotiating with the EU."
Mrs May's attempts to get back on the front foot on Brexit were dealt another blow when ministerial aide Scott Mann became to latest to quit in protest at her stance.
Meanwhile, Number 10 is trying to stave off a potential rebellion on the Trade Bill later this evening.
Jacob Rees-Mogg and other Brexit-backing Tories have tabled four amendments seeking to amend the Chequers agreement.
It is thought that the Government is willing to accept three of them, ensuring Mr Rees-Mogg will drop the fourth which would ban the UK from collecting EU tariffs unless Brussels agrees to a reciprocal deal.
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