Conservative response to the announcement of an independent review of Henry Nowak's case

Kemi Badenoch MP, Leader of the Conservative Party, said:

I welcome the Home Secretary's decision to commission an independent review into Henry Nowak's death. His family have waited far too long for answers.

Henry was just eighteen when he was murdered. When the police arrived, he would have believed help had come. The lack of common sense and compassion shown to him in his final moments was a shocking failure by the state. His family were then failed in the months that followed.

When a child dies, a family is changed forever. They should not then have to spend their lives fighting to establish what went wrong and who was responsible. That is why I called for this review. There must be proper accountability for those who failed Henry and his family.

"The Conservatives will scrutinise this review to ensure it delivers the answers Henry's family deserve.