Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that she does not believe ‘that this Government is being driven by what happens on social media’.

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.

She called on Elon Musk ’s X, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, TikTok, Google and YouTube to “urgently review” material accessed by killer Axel Rudakubana - which she said is still available online. In a joint letter with Technology Secretary Peter Kyle Ms Cooper said the ease with which “such dangerous and illegal” content can be viewed was “unacceptable”.

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 is said not to agree with the findings of the ‘rapid analytical sprint on extremism’ she commissioned following the summer riots.

Home Secretary warns that other attacks could be inspired by material that Axel Rudakubana is known to have accessed online

Yvette Cooper is demanding Elon Musk’s X platform remove a violent terrorist video watched by triple killer Axel Rudakubana. The video – which shows a live-streamed knife attack by a terrorist ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon ... Elon Musk for a national inquiry into grooming, said local reviews would provide more answers and change than a nationwide probe. Yvette ...

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

Yvette Cooper has sent a letter to leading tech giants warning that their failure to remove ‘dangerous and illegal’ content like the videos seen by Southport killer Axel Rudakubana could ‘inspire other attacks’.

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

Yvette Cooper has warned tech giants. The Home Secretary has written to Elon Musk’s X, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, TikTok, Google and YouTube calling on them to “urgently review” material ...