Musk continues to attack Starmer over handling of historic child abuse

For the second day in a row, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has been criticising the prime minister on his social media platform, X.

The row has escalated since yesterday, when it was revealed that Home Office Minister Jess Phillips had rejected calls for a government-led inquiry into historical child sexual exploitation in Oldham – saying instead that it would be better for the local council to commission it themselves – as Rotherham and Telford have done previously.

Now Musk has taken aim at Sir Keir Starmer’s time as head of the Crown Prosecution Service.