Kim Leadbeater pays tribute to ‘best big sister’ Jo Cox in maiden parliament speech

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Yorkshire’s newest MP paid tribute to her late sister in a House of Commons speech.

The Batley and Spen MP won a byelection in July, the same seat held by Cox until she was murdered by a far-right extremist in June 2016

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