Jess Phillips faced ‘deluge of hate’ after Elon Musk grooming gangs comments - Mr Musk’s comments followed Labour’s decision to decline a Whitehall-led inquiry into child sexual abuse.

Rupert Soames, who is the grandson of Winston Churchill, backed the Labour politician days after the billionaire used his X social media platform to accuse her of being a “rape genocide apologist”.

Jess Phillips has reportedly had her security bolstered after Elon Musk launched into a furious social media tirade against the home office minister over the government’s decision to reject a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

The Home Office minister acknowledged there were now protections in place for her safety since the Tesla owner began posting on social media about her

Responding for the first time to the erratic tech billionaire, Ms Phillips said Mr Musk "knows absolutely nothing about the subject he's talking about" and she wouldn't make her decisions based on a "

Jess Phillips has spoken about her fears for her life for the first time since Elon Musk unleashed a torrent of abuse against her over the child grooming scandal. The safeguarding minister found herself at the centre of an international storm when she decided not to agree to a national inquiry into child grooming and rape across towns in the north of England because one had already been conducted.