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Nigel Farage defends Elon Musk over grooming gangs posts

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Elon Musk attacked UK government's response to grooming gangs on X, the social media platform he owns.

Musk suggested Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute gangs and said Home Office minister Jess Phillips "deserves to be in prison" Home Office defended its decision to reject a request for it to lead a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Oldham .

The Conservatives and Reform UK have called for a wider national inquiry.

According to the data, 26% of group-based child sexual abuse happened within families, compared with 17% involving groups including grooming gangs. - Watch Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One at 9am .

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77

Informative language

75

Neutral language

58

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semi-formal

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English

Language complexity

53

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short-lived

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