Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected calls for a second referendum on the terms of the UK’s Brexit deal.
The Conservative leader has also ruled out calling a general election before 2020, No 10 suggested.
A spokesman said: "The Prime Minister is very clear there will be no second referendum. There is no need for a general election either."
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Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has called for voters to get a say on the terms of the UK’s exit from the European Union, either through a referendum or at an election.
But former Conservative leader William Hague has urged Mrs May to draw a line under talk of a second referendum.
In a column in the Daily Telegraph, he said that while the idea appeared “seductive” it should be dismissed by the Government.
A No vote could leave ministers in a “state of pure limbo, having decided to leave in principle but not in detail”, he warned.
No 10 also also rejected calls for MPs to get a vote on when to trigger Article 50 and begin the formal two-year process of negotiations with Brussels.
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However, MPs would get “a say” on the process, a spokesman said.
Mrs May has already made clear that she will not trigger Article 50 before the end of this year.
She will hold a cabinet meeting at her country retreat Chequers tomorrow where senior ministers will discuss plans for Brexit.
No 10 said: "Brexit does mean Brexit. The will of the people must be respected and it must be implemented.
"The Prime Minister has also been clear that there must be no attempts for us to remain inside the EU, no attempts to rejoin it through a back-door mechanism and no second referendum."
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