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Referendum campaigning suspended after fatal attack on Jo Cox MP EU Referendum campaigns remain suspended after Jo Cox attack
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Both official EU referendum campaigns have suspended their operations as a mark of respect following the fatal attack on MP Jo Cox. EU referendum campaigning remains suspended, less than a week before polling day, following the fatal attack on Labour MP Jo Cox.
Mrs Cox died in hospital after being shot and stabbed in an attack in her Batley and Spen constituency. Speeches by Leave campaigners Michael Gove and Nigel Farage are among events to have been postponed.
Speaking before news of her death, the Remain and Leave campaigns issued statements saying they had suspended campaigning for the day. An International Monetary Fund review of the UK economy will now be published on Saturday and there have been calls for Parliament to be recalled.
David Cameron cancelled a rally he had been planning to hold in Gibraltar. Mother-of-two Mrs Cox died after being shot and stabbed in her constituency.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has cancelled a speech and poster launch planned for Friday. A 52-year-old man has been arrested following the attack in Birstall, West Yorkshire on Thursday.
Boris Johnson, who was campaigning on Leave battle bus with fellow Tory MP Penny Mordaunt, made a short statement before news of Mrs Cox's death had been confirmed, saying they were heading back to London and their thoughts were with Mrs Cox's family. Both official EU referendum campaigns were suspended as a mark of respect shortly after the attack. Neither has said when campaigning will resume ahead of polling day on 23 June.
"Whoever it is who has done this - I understand somebody has been arrested - I hope that they are brought to justice as soon possible," he added. Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith has pulled out a planned interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil, part of a series of set-piece interviews with leading figures from both sides in the referendum campaign, which had been due to be broadcast on Friday evening.
Chancellor George Osborne will not be making a campaign speech at the Mansion House, in the City of London, which had been planned for later. Politicians including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and other party members attended vigils for the popular MP on Thursday night, in London's Parliament Square, and in the parish church in Birstall, while the Union flag was flying at half-mast over the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and Buckingham Palace,
Prime Minister David Cameron cancelled a rally he had been planning to hold in Gibraltar. Chancellor George Osborne scrapped a speech he had been due to give at the annual Mansion House dinner in the City of London, instead paying tribute to Mrs Cox and to describe her killing as an assault on freedom, liberty and justice.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage cancelled a speech and poster launch planned for Friday.
Leave campaigner Boris Johnson described the attack as "absolutely horrific": "My thoughts are with Jo and her family. Sad and shocked to hear of Jo Cox's death. Appalling an MP should lose her life simply doing her best for constituents."
There have also been calls for Parliament to be recalled to remember the Batley and Spen MP, whose death has prompted tributes from across the political spectrum.
Labour's Angela Smith told BBC Two's Newsnight: "I would welcome that because I would love to pay tribute to Jo in the best way possible, which is for her colleagues to reconvene and to absolutely use parliamentary democracy to demonstrate that democracy will not be beaten by this."