Monday, 15 June 2020

Jo Cox's sister calls for 'compassion and kindness' on anniversary of murder

Kim Leadbeater says there is still a lot of work to do on the issues that concerned the MP four years after her death

The sister of Jo Cox has said it is more important than ever that people “pull together with compassion and kindness” on the fourth anniversary of the MP’s murder.

Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed by far-right extremist Thomas Mair on 16 June 2016. She had been the Labour MP for Batley and Spen for just over a year when she was killed by Mair in Birstall, West Yorkshire, part of her constituency.

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