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Sky News Politics7 Jun 2026

Talks held with Iran over jailed UK couple, Lammy says, as he addresses proposed prisoner swap

The UK has been holding talks with Iran over a British couple jailed in Tehran, says Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, as he addressed a proposed prisoner swap.

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BBC Politics7 Jun 2026

Lammy says he told JD Vance his Nowak comments were 'wrong'

Lammy says he told the US vice-president the teen's murder "has got nothing to do with mass migration".

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The Guardian Politics7 Jun 2026

David Lammy: I told JD Vance he was wrong about Henry Nowak murder

Deputy PM says he spoke to US vice-president about post that blamed ‘mass invasion of migrants’ for teenager’s death David Lammy has said he told the US vice-president, JD Vance, he was “wrong” to blame the murder of the British teenager Henry Nowak on mass migration. The deputy prime minister said he spoke to Vance in a phone call on Saturday to tell him “our democratic process is working well” and that he was wrong in his commentary about the murder. Continue reading...

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Express Politics7 Jun 2026

David Lammy erupts on BBC after US Vice President issues 'explosive' UK migrant warning

US vice-president JD Vance partly blamed Henry Nowak's murder on the "mass invasion of migrants".

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The Guardian Politics7 Jun 2026

Police wanted to release statement during trial of Henry Nowak’s killer – UK politics live

The local police force wanted to address what it described as online ‘disinformation’ during active court proceedings against Vickrum Digwa, a report said Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. The justice secretary, David Lammy, is being interviewed by the BBC and Sky News this morning and will likely be asked about the future of police reform in the wake of the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak. The case has come under fresh scrutiny today with a report in the Sunday Tim

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The Guardian Politics6 Jun 2026

Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest

Technology secretary Liz Kendall says she is ‘very concerned’ about role of social media but will not be ‘bullied off’ X The government is considering fresh action to halt the spread of misinformation during public crises, Liz Kendall has said, insisting she will not be “bullied off” Elon Musk’s X. The technology secretary was speaking after rioting broke out in Southampton over the police response to the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak, a case about which Musk has repeatedly posted. Continue rea

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BBC Politics6 Jun 2026

The Nowak murder has lit a match under British politics. This is how we got here

The police response to the murder of Henry Nowak has triggered a heated transatlantic debate.

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BBC Politics6 Jun 2026

The Nowak murder has lit a match under British politics. This is how we got here

The police response to the murder of Henry Nowak has triggered a heated transatlantic debate.

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

The Guardian view on Henry Nowak’s murder: big tech and the far right are allied in an outrage arms race | Editorial

Anger and distress at the treatment of the stabbed teenager is widely shared. But the online amplification of myths and grievances must be tackled To learn of the last minutes of Henry Nowak’s life would be shocking and distressing under any circumstances. The stabbed teenager begged officers for help, as they handcuffed him before realising their mistake. To watch those final moments, on the police body-cam footage released this week, is all the more immediate, and unbearable. The outrage is wi

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The Guardian Politics5 Jun 2026

Starmer says questions need to be asked over Nowak case but rejects ‘two-tier policing’ claim

PM rebuffs US state department’s criticism, adding police response to murder of Henry Nowak is under review Keir Starmer has rejected the claim that the UK is subject to “two-tier policing” after the Trump administration suggested it was evident in the response to the murder of teenager Henry Nowak. The prime minister said the UK must not shy away from asking difficult questions of the police after officers handcuffed Nowak as he lay dying from stab wounds after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, had fa

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Guido Fawkes5 Jun 2026

JD Vance: ‘Henry Nowak Would Still Be Alive Today if Not for Mass Invasion of Migrants’

JD Vance: “Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations…

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BBC Politics5 Jun 2026

Sikh MPs say Nowak murder was not about their religion

11 Sikh MPs say the killing was about "a man carrying an offensive weapon and committing a brutal murder".

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