Jess Phillips has said she has "more important things to be thinking about" than Elon Musk after he accused her of being a "rape genocide apologist". The safeguarding minister has hit back at the ...

The BBC responded after receiving complaints from viewers who tuned in to watch Laura Kuenssberg interview Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage. The pair clashed as the politician defended Elon Musk who controversially attacked the UK Government on social media over its handling of grooming gangs.

It comes after the National Audit Office warned the Home Office had ‘historically underspent’ funding allocated to tackle the issue.

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Politics writer Joseph Timan speaks to Nazir Afzal and Maggie Oliver, two people who have led the effort to tackle grooming gangs, about why it happened and what should happen next.

The talks came hours after the US president praised the Prime Minister for having done ‘a very good job thus far’.

Elon Musk, owner of X, has suddenly taken interest in historical UK child abuse cases, using them to attack politicians and promote far-right narratives. His selective outrage focuses only on cases involving British Asian men while ignoring other forms of abuse, revealing a pattern of weaponising women's trauma for political gain.

Donald Trump said he has a ‘very good relationship’ with Starmer, and that the PM is doing a ‘very good job’ despite their political differences ahead of a call between the two leaders.

US President Donald Trump has praised UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and commending his leadership. Trump acknowledged their differing political views but emphasised their strong relationship, revealing plans to speak with Starmer over the phone in the next 24 hours.

Siddiq and her family live in a £2.1-million home owned by Abdul Karim Nazim, an official of the London arm of the Awami League. She also rents out a property bought by Abdul Motalif, a property developer with links to her aunt’s regime. It was worth £195,000 in 2001 and given to her in 2004, according to media reports.

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Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump agreed to meet “soon” in their first phone call since the US president ’s inauguration. In the 45-minute call, Sir Keir praised the US president for his “role in securing the landmark ceasefire and hostages deal in Gaza”, Downing Street said.