A fundraising page for the family of murdered former Bromley police officer Keith Palmer has been closed after raising more than £700,000.

The Metropolitan Police Federation set up the JustGiving site for the Charlton supporter, which raised a total of £736,098 since being set up just after 9am on March 23.

The Federation said it felt a “suitable amount” had been collected in memory of the Westminster terror attack victim.

Chairman Ken Marsh denied the closure was linked to criticism over the 5% administration fee which JustGiving takes from each donation and said focus would now turn to raising money for other injured officers.

Mr Marsh said: “When we initially started it up, we had a goal which was £250,000. It surpassed that and that was absolutely incredible.

“By law, it’s in his name and every penny goes to him – exactly as it should. But we also have other colleagues who are seriously injured and will require a lot of help as well.”

Mr Marsh said closing the page had “nothing whatsoever” to do with JustGiving’s administration fee.

He said: “I entered into that knowing fully what they charge – they are a business.

“You can all have your views and opinions about that but at the end of the day, we would never have raised what we have raised if we hadn’t of used JustGiving.”

“The bottom line is – we wanted to channel the money differently now that we’ve got enough for Pc Palmer.”

Mr Marsh said the family of Pc Palmer were “overwhelmed” by the public’s generosity and hailed the “family” of police who had united nationwide following the Westminster attack.

He said: “It’s amazing, and that’s what we do as cops – we come together and we support each other.

“Just because it happened in London doesn’t mean that the other 42 forces don’t feel it the same as us – because this could happen anywhere.”