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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Elon Musk was not barred from UK investment summit, says cabinet minister

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk had reacted angrily following reports he had not been invited to the investment summit in the wake of controversial comments on the summer riots. Photograph: David Swanson/Reuters

Elon Musk would be welcome at future UK investment summits if and when he had investment programmes the UK could bid for, a cabinet minister has said before a major business event in London.

The remarks came as a group of private ­equity firms, insurers and tech firms joined five major banks in writing a joint letter saying it was “time to invest in Britain”, in a boost for Keir Starmer, who was opening the event on Monday.

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