Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns storms out of meeting after discussion of Henry Nowak murder

Key points

• Andrea Jenkyns walked out of a meeting with a cabinet minister and several other metropolitan mayors on Thursday after a heated discussion about the murder of Henry Nowak and the civil unrest that has followed.
• The Reform mayor of Greater Lincolnshire walked out of the meeting with the communities secretary, Steve Reed, and other regional leaders after a row over the role social media has played in exacerbating community tensions.
• The argument is the latest sign of the political tensions that have flared in the wake of Nowak’s murder by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man who falsely told police Nowak had racially abused him.
• The incident has prompted demonstrations attended by far-right activists, leading to violence and arrests.
• Keir Starmer has accused the X owner, Elon Musk, of exacerbating those tensions with near constant posting about the case over the last few weeks.