Keir Starmer has suffered a major diplomatic blow this evening after Donald Trump publicly sided with Elon Musk amid the ongoing furious row about grooming gangs.

The Tesla CEO continues to savage the Prime Minister on social media following Labour's failure to conduct a national public inquiry into the grooming scandal.

Elon Musk has been driving the news agenda in the UK and other European countries with often incendiary comments on X, prompting leaders to hit back.

Elon Musk has been criticized by Keir Starmer over child grooming gangs posts, Tommy Robinson and Jess Phillips.

Keir Starmer will use a speech on the future of the NHS to launch a fightback against the tech billionaire’s attacks on him and the UK

The dispute follows weeks of hostile tweeting by Mr Musk, one of US President-elect Donald Trump's top aides, in which he has criticised Sir Keir's handling of the summer riots and expressed support for jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

The billionaire Tesla CEO used his social network, X, to call for a new UK election and for the British prime minister to be jailed over the handling of recent social and immigration issues.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer slammed Elon Musk on Monday for spreading “lies and misinformation” about his left-leaning government after the billionaire started taking aim at a wide range of political targets across the pond.

Tech mogul Elon Musk took to X in early January 2025, claiming that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer was "complicit" in the work of grooming gangs during his time as head of the C

Keir Starmer defended his record investigating “grooming gangs,” after Elon Musk inserted himself into British politics and called on the prime minister to resign.

A history of their 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