Starmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder

Key points

• Elon Musk is “interfering in our politics” and attempting to create division, Keir Starmer has said in a significant toughening of government language about the X owner.
• It comes after weeks of posts by Musk on his social media platform about the murder of Henry Nowak, many of which have used far-right themes and talking points.
• Starmer was due to meet Nowak’s family at Downing Street later on Thursday to discuss a response to the actions of Hampshire police, who arrested the teenage student as he lay dying from stabs wounds after a false accusation of racist abuse by the killer.
• Starmer, speaking in Yorkshire, where he was due to meet mayors from English regions, said Britain needed to “assert who we are” as “reasonable, tolerant people”.
• He praised the Labour MP Jess Asato, who is taking legal action against Musk’s xAI company after saying its Grok tool helped a...