Starmer suggests US ‘trying to interfere in our democracy’ over Nowak claims The UK Prime Minister’s office has accused unnamed US figures of attempting to interfere in British democracy and stir division following comments by Republican politician JD Vance linking the murder of British teenager Henry Nowak to mass migration. The Nowak family has requested that his death not be used to create further division or hatred. Vance and others, including Elon Musk and the US state department, have made remarks about the case, which Keir Starmer has rejected as attempts to create division and mischaracterizations of UK policing.

• The UK government has accused unnamed US politicians of interfering in British democracy after comments were made linking the murder of Henry Nowak to mass migration.
• JD Vance, a senior Republican politician, claimed Nowak would be alive if “European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants.”
• The Nowak family has requested that their son’s death not be used to create further division, hatred, or tension.
• Elon Musk and the US state department have also made comments about the case, which Keir Starmer has described as attempts to create division.
• The Liberal Democrats have called for the US ambassador to be summoned, labeling the remarks as “flagrant foreign interference.”
• The UK government stated its relationship with the US remains strong despite the differing views on policing.
• The circumstances of Nowak’s death are being examined, including the behavior of police officers who handcuffed him while he was dying from stab wounds.