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Jess Phillips has ‘security bolstered and told not to go out alone’ after Elon Musk attacks

It comes after Elon Musk launched into a furious social media tirade against the home office minister

The Independent UK

‘We want justice’: Woman gang raped in Oldham aged 12 demands grooming inquiry but tells far right to stay out

Samantha Walker-Roberts, 31, wants Keir Starmer to ‘do right for survivors’ but warns ‘we don’t want Tommy Robinson involved’

The Independent UK

Starmer open to U-turn on grooming gangs inquiry, Downing Street says

After safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said a new national probe into the scandal was still on the table, the prime minister’s official spokesperson said the government would grant one if victims’ groups called for it

The Independent UK

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'No one can censor him': Why Elon Musk is obsessing over UK grooming gangs

A SERIES of online attacks from Elon Musk has created what has been coined as 'a civil war' in the UK with Tommy Robinson's influence evident ...

The National (Scotland)

There is little the US can do to constrain Elon Musk. But here are some ideas

The tech billionaire is not the first person in history to be seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power

The Guardian - US

Labour lays down challenge to Musk pledging to go after tech firms allowing online abuse on their sites

Sitting down with The Independent, victims minister Alex Davies-Jones outlined the government’s plans to crackdown on explicit deepfake images

The Independent UK

Starmer hits out at Tories over Badenoch’s call for new grooming gang inquiry

Elon Musk claimed Sir Keir Starmer was ‘hiding terrible things’ by refusing to back a national probe.

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Tory push for grooming inquiry 'a shocking tactic', says Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer has warned Conservative MPs not to back a Commons push for a new nationwide child grooming investigation, as it prioritises “the…

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed

By jumping on Elon Musk’s passing bandwagon and echoing the far right, the Conservative leader has shown she doesn’t understand her responsibilities, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Top minister tells Tories ‘put up or shut up’ ahead of grooming gang vote

The education secretary warned that supporting symbolic Tory calls for a grooming gangs inquiry will kill a children’s safety bill ‘stone dead’

The Independent UK

Tory push for grooming inquiry vote ‘a shocking tactic’, Starmer warns

The PM warned supporting the Tory’s calls for symbolic vote on an inquiry will ‘kill’ his Government’s plans to bolster safeguards for children.

Evening Standard

Tories to seek support for new child grooming inquiry in Commons vote

Home Office minister Jess Phillips has meanwhile said she faced increased risk to her safety since Elon Musk called her a ‘rape genocide apologist’

Evening Standard

Elon Musk knows ‘absolutely nothing’ about women and girls’ safety, says Jess Phillips

Safeguarding minister says billionaire has increased her risk of harm by calling her a ‘rape genocide apologist’ on X

The Guardian - UK

Musk ‘knows absolutely nothing’ about grooming gangs, Jess Phillips says

The minister suggested her life had been turned upside down after Mr Musk used his X platform to accuse her of being a ‘rape genocide apologist’.

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The Independent UK

Jess Phillips admits fears over her personal safety after Elon Musk social media attacks

Safeguarding minister was described as ‘a rape genocide apologist’ by Elon Musk

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage says he hopes to ‘mend’ relationship with Elon Musk on trip to US for Donald Trump’s inauguration

Reform UK leader steps up pressure on Keir Starmer as he threatens to hold his own hearings into grooming gangs if the government does not

The Independent UK

A history of Elon Musk and Keir Starmer’s relationship, from the Southport riots to grooming gang claims

Sir Keir Starmer’s latest spat with Elon Musk has its roots in tensions that began months ago

The Independent UK

Farage hopes to repair Musk relationship on trip to US

The Reform UK leader declined to criticise Elon Musk over his description of minister Jess Phillips as a ‘rape genocide apologist’.

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Time for 'less talk and more action' on grooming gangs, say victims minister and child abuse inquiry chair

Senior Conservative MPs have called for a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across Britain

The Guardian - UK

‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips

Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’

The Independent UK

Musk suggests Americans should ‘liberate’ the British from their ‘tyrannical government’

His post on X marked a surreal new step in the billionaire tycoon’s escalating feud with Britain’s ruling Labour Party and its leader Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

New year, new Keir: if only politicians would resolve to keep quiet in January

Starmer promotes his NHS plans in Surrey while Kemi Badenoch takes to X in response to Elon Musk

The Independent UK

Man charged with sending malicious communications to Labour MP Jess Phillips

The revelation comes just hours after Sir Keir Starmer came out fighting on behalf of Ms Phillips saying the ‘poison of the far right’ had led to serious threats to the safeguarding minister

Evening Standard

Man charged with sending malicious communications to Jess Phillips

Jack Bennett is charged with sending malicious communications between April 2024 and January 2025

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown responds to Elon Musk grooming gangs attacks

THERE is no foundation for Elon Musk’s allegations about how Gordon Brown dealt with child grooming gangs, a spokesperson for the former Labour…

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