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Olivia Field

Olivia Field is Chief Executive of The Jo Cox Foundation.

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Reclaiming civility in local politics

by Olivia Field

We marked a deeply significant milestone on 16 June: the 10th anniversary of the tragic murder of Jo Cox MP. Five years later, we lost Sir David Amess MP.

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