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Theresa May has ruled out a second EU referendum in her strongest terms yet.

The PM has been rattled by the success of the People’s Vote ­campaign to reverse Brexit.

Remain MPs behind the group want voters to have another say on whether to quit the EU.

But as they return from Parliament’s summer recess, Mrs May insists the 2016 referendum result must stand as the people have made their decision.

She tells MPs: “I will not give in to those who want to reopen the whole question with a second ­referendum.

They trusted their vote would count, their voices heard.

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“To ask the question all over again would be a gross betrayal of our ­democracy and a betrayal of that trust.”

A petition wanting a ­second referendum had gathered nearly 294,000 signatures by Saturday night.

It says: “We’re heading for a botched Brexit.”

Labour is divided on the issue, but the party’s official position is not to rule out a second referendum.