Britain's Home Secretary announced there would be a number of new local inquiries into decade-old allegations of child grooming, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings.

The UK's interior minister, Yvette Cooper, announced on Thursday that a budget of nearly 6 million euros would be allocated to fund new local investigations into the scandal that has affected dozens of towns in central and northern England since 2000.

The Home Secretary has written to firms including Elon Musk’s X and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta telling them to urgently review content.

Musk weaponized fears of gender-based violence to foster racism in the UK. Will he use the same playbook in the US?

In a statement to lawmakers, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government has also ... has risen up the political agenda in the U.K. after Musk recently took to his X platform highlighting ...

The home secretary announced a plan for local grooming gang inquiries and backing for victims following pressure to support them and find out why the scandal happened.

Britain will back new local inquiries into child sexual abuse across the country, the government said on Thursday, after weeks of criticism by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk stirred renewed concern about a decades-old scandal over grooming gangs.

The UK government backs local inquiries into organised child sexual abuse gangs, following controversy sparked by Elon Musk's comments.

Politics Live: Elon Musk attacks 'evil' Starmer Mr Musk made the comments ... It was among a package of measures unveiled by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Monday, including making it a criminal offence if professionals who work with children fail to ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government said Thursday that it will support a series of local inquiries into cases of organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world's richest man Elon Musk. In a statement to lawmakers ...

Terrorist material viewed by Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana could inspire another atrocity unless tech companies take action, the home secretary has warned.

Failing to remove extreme videos from social media could lead to further attacks like the Southport atrocity being encouraged, the UK's home secretary warns tech giants.