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MPs return to Parliament in 'heartbreaking sadness' to pay tribute to Jo Cox

The House of Commons has met in "heartbreaking sadness" and "heartfelt solidarity" to pay tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox, Speaker John Bercow said as several parliamentarians broke down in tears.

The Batley and Spen MP and married mother-of-two was killed as she prepared to hold a constituency surgery on Thursday.

The tributes were followed by a service of prayer and remembrance at nearby St Margaret's Church - often referred to as the "parish church of the Commons".

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Jo Cox 'recognised threat of far-right'

A board member of the Islamophobia-monitoring organisation Tell Mama has said Jo Cox recognised the growth of the far-right "was a threat to the well-being of the community" and that she wanted to campaign against hate "of all forms".

All of us feel a tremendous amount of loss.

She touched every individual, whether you were white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim, people of faith or no-faith.

– Iqbal Bhana, Tell Mama

The Labour MP for Batley and Spen, who died after being shot and stabbed on Thursday, planned to launch a Tell Mama report on the dangers of nationalist radicals on June 29.

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MPs return to Parliament in 'heartbreaking sadness' to pay tribute to Jo Cox

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