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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has hit back at Elon Musk saying his criticism of the UK government is “misjudged and misinformed”.
Streeting was asked about Musk’s outbursts against the government on X, which have escalated in recent days in response to the government’s rejection of requests for an inquiry into grooming gangs.
“Some of the criticisms Elon Musk has made I think are misjudged and certainly misinformed, but we’re willing to work with Elon Musk who I think has got a big role to play with his social media platform, to help us tackle this issue”, the health secretary told broadcasters.
Streeting called on the owner of the X platform to do more to tackle child sexual exploitation online: “If he wants to work with us and roll his sleeves up, we’d welcome that