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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Jess Phillips admits fears over her personal safety after Elon Musk social media attacks

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.

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