Councillor suspended for 'offensive' Jo Cox comments

An East Yorkshire Councillor has apologised after he was suspended following a Facebook post deemed 'inappropriate and offensive' in relation to Jo Cox's memorial fund.

Cllr Dominic Peacock is a member of the Conservative party Credit: East Riding Council

East Riding Councillor Dominic Peacock posted a message on a Facebook site with a report how the memorial fund had now raised £1m, adding the comment: "I've just donated the steam off my ****!"

Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart said Cllr Peacock should be 'utterly ashamed'.