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Nina Lloyd

Rayner: I’d meet with Musk to challenge him on factually incorrect attacks

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said she would challenge Elon Musk ‘on a factual basis’ (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Angela Rayner has said she is prepared to meet Elon Musk to challenge him on his “factually incorrect” and “completely ill-advised” attacks on Sir Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the billionaire has a responsibility to ensure that claims he spreads on his X social media site are accurate and suggested he should be “correcting the record as soon as possible”.

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