Starmer condemns ‘lies and misinformation’ as he hits back at Musk

PM also criticises politicians jumping on the bandwagon' amid row over action on child sexual exploitation

Keir Starmer has condemned Elon Musk's increasingly erratic attacks on the government, suggesting that his lies and misinformation" on grooming gangs was amplifying the poison" of the far right.

The prime minister angrily criticised Tory politicians for jumping on the bandwagon" by calling for a national inquiry into the scandal when they failed to implement any of the recommendations of a major report while in power. He accused them of being more interested in themselves than supporting victims.