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| Jo Cox anniversary: PM leads tributes to murdered MP | Jo Cox anniversary: PM leads tributes to murdered MP |
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| The prime minister has led tributes to Jo Cox, exactly two years after the Labour MP was murdered. | |
| Theresa May said the West Yorkshire MP had been an "inspirational MP, campaigner and humanitarian". | Theresa May said the West Yorkshire MP had been an "inspirational MP, campaigner and humanitarian". |
| Mrs Cox's husband Brendan added that the family would remember "her smile, her empathy, her energy and her love". | Mrs Cox's husband Brendan added that the family would remember "her smile, her empathy, her energy and her love". |
| A national celebration of Mrs Cox's life will take place next weekend, which will coincide with what would have been her 44th birthday. | A national celebration of Mrs Cox's life will take place next weekend, which will coincide with what would have been her 44th birthday. |
| The MP for Batley and Spen was killed in 2016 by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair in a politically-motivated attack during the EU referendum campaign. | The MP for Batley and Spen was killed in 2016 by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair in a politically-motivated attack during the EU referendum campaign. |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "We miss her commitment to fighting injustice and her conviction that a better world is possible." | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted: "We miss her commitment to fighting injustice and her conviction that a better world is possible." |
| A family statement tweeted by the Jo Cox Foundation said: "We will be spending the day together privately as a family and remembering all the goodness she brought to our world and not the way she was taken from it. | A family statement tweeted by the Jo Cox Foundation said: "We will be spending the day together privately as a family and remembering all the goodness she brought to our world and not the way she was taken from it. |
| "Jo had a profound effect not just on those of us who loved her dearly, but on everybody she met." | "Jo had a profound effect not just on those of us who loved her dearly, but on everybody she met." |
| On the first anniversary of her death, Mrs Cox was remembered in the Commons with a plaque bearing her coat of arms and the phrase "more in common". | On the first anniversary of her death, Mrs Cox was remembered in the Commons with a plaque bearing her coat of arms and the phrase "more in common". |
| Events across the country will take place between 22-24 June in memory of the murdered MP, under the banner The Great Get Together. | Events across the country will take place between 22-24 June in memory of the murdered MP, under the banner The Great Get Together. |
| Mrs Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater said: "This is all about trying to do something good, but it's also about a way of dealing with what's happened to us. | Mrs Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater said: "This is all about trying to do something good, but it's also about a way of dealing with what's happened to us. |
| "It is also very much about remembering what Jo believed in and the values she lived her life by, and how we can continue that work." | "It is also very much about remembering what Jo believed in and the values she lived her life by, and how we can continue that work." |
| Mr Cox had been involved with More in Common and the Jo Cox Foundation, but left his posts in February after the Mail on Sunday published claims he had assaulted a woman in her 30s at Harvard University in 2015. | Mr Cox had been involved with More in Common and the Jo Cox Foundation, but left his posts in February after the Mail on Sunday published claims he had assaulted a woman in her 30s at Harvard University in 2015. |
| He denied the assault, but admitted "inappropriate" behaviour while working for Save the Children. | He denied the assault, but admitted "inappropriate" behaviour while working for Save the Children. |