Billionaire and owner of X Elon Musk has attacked Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour government over its response to grooming gangs in the UK. Pressure has mounted on the prime minister after safeguarding minister Jess Phillips denied requests for the Home Office to lead a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation and grooming in Oldham.

The U.K. prime minister has responded to Elon Musk over comments the world's richest man made against him regarding the Rotherham grooming scandal.

In comments aimed at the Tesla billionaire, the left-leaning leader criticized “those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible,”

The Tesla boss has spent the first days of the new year attacking Sir Keir over his handling of grooming gangs.

The X boss has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of covering up sexual crimes committed more than a decade ago. And Musk would therefore prefer to see Starmer leave as soon as possible. This is according to his statements to Financial Times.

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about how British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer could be unseated before the next general election, according to a report by The Financial Times.