Reform UK unveils plan to 'end two-tier policing for good' after harrowing Henry Nowak case

Nigel Farage delivers an 'emergency statement' on Henry Nowak

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Jack Walters

By Jack Walters


Published: 02/06/2026

- 21:00

Updated: 02/06/2026

- 22:35

The Equal Treatment Act is expected to scrap positive discrimination initiatives, remove exceptions for faith groups and remove any preferential treatment

Reform UK will pass its own Equal Treatment Act to "end two-tier policing for good" following the death of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, the party's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf has revealed.

Mr Yusuf, who unveiled the three-part plan tonight, confirmed Reform UK would pass the legislation within 100 days if it wins the next general election.


The Equal Treatment Act is expected to scrap positive discrimination initiatives, remove exceptions for faith groups and remove any preferential treatment.

"The tragic death of Henry Nowak is a horrific example of two-tier policing in Britain," Mr Yusuf said.

"The accusation of racism was dealt with more seriously than the accusation of being stabbed.

"This is a direct result of police initiatives like the Hampshire Police Race Action Plan, which trains officers to do this.

"A Reform Government will pass an Equal Treatment Act, which will end two-tier policing for good."

GB News understands the legislation will prohibit police forces from adopting Race Action Plans, ban diversity, equality and inclusion in the public sector, and outlaw all bladed articles by ending exemptions for faith groups.

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Mr Yusuf unveiled Reform UK's plan after harrowing footage of Nowak's arrest was released last night.

The 18-year-old finance student was stabbed by Vickrum Digwa five times after walking home from a night out on December 3 last year.

Officers appeared to dismiss Nowak when he informed them he had been stabbed, with one telling the injured teenager: "I don't think you have, mate."

Police at the scene had been misled by Digwa, who was sentenced to life this week, after the 23-year-old Sikh falsely accused Nowak of carrying out a racist attack.

\u200bVickrum DigwaVickrum Digwa stabbed Henry Nowak five times with a 21-centimetre blade | PA

The incident sparked fears of two-tier policing in the UK, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage putting pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to act earlier today.

Mr Farage stated "white lives matter too" and delivered a damning address on two-tier policing.

However, the Prime Minister dismissed warnings about so-called two-tier policing.

Sir Keir insisted: "I think Nigel Farage's reaction is the wrong reaction. And I start my answer to your question through the eyes of the family.

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"They have said they do not want this whipped up. They have been through the most extraordinary, awful experience.

"They don't want this whipped up. And Nigel Farage is completely wrong to use this to try and create division.

"He would be wrong in any circumstances, but when Henry's family are saying, 'Please don't do that, it's our son', then really, as politicians, as human beings, we should start when they start."

Meanwhile, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch compared Nowak's death to the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

Kemi BadenochKemi Badenoch has said the murder of Henry Nowak is a ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ after police bodycam footage was released | GB NEWS

“I think this is a moment in the way Stephen Lawrence was. Let's use our own country's examples,” Mrs Badenoch told The People’s Channel.

Lawrence, an 18-year-old black British student, was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Eltham in 1993.

The police's response to the attack, which included cover-ups, led to the damning publication of the Lord Macpherson report.

“We do not have institutionally racist police. I think that we need to look at the laws we have today. They are not necessarily fit for purpose. We can't keep acting as if the UK is in the 1940s or the 1970s. We are not a racist country.

“We need equality under the law, not special treatment for people based on the colour of their skin, whatever that is."