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Fund set up in memory of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox has raised almost £2million for charity

Organisers say cash, which will be split between three charities, would 'help create a world Jo believed was possible'

A FUND set up in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox has raised almost £2million.

Organisers said the cash, mostly split between charities the Royal Voluntary Service, Hope Not Hate and The White Helmets would “help create a world Jo believed was possible”.

 A fund set up in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox has raised almost £2million
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A fund set up in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox has raised almost £2millionCredit: PA:Press Association
 The fund was set up after the Labour MP was shot and stabbed street outside her constituency office in Birstall
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The fund was set up after the Labour MP was shot and stabbed street outside her constituency office in BirstallCredit: PA:Press Association
 White supremacist Thomas Mair was told he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the killing
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White supremacist Thomas Mair was told he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the killingCredit: Reuters

The fund was set up after the 41-year-old Labour MP was shot and stabbed street outside her constituency office in Birstall, West Yorkshire in June last year.

Thomas Mair was jailed for for killing Jo last June.  White supremacist Mair, a 53-year-old gardener, was told he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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