Sir Keir Starmer responds after Elon Musk tells people to avoid UK

Sir Keir Starmer has responded to Elon Musk after the tech tycoon said people should not go to the UK.

The Tesla and SpaceX boss lashed out at the UK after it was reported he had not been invited to a major investment summit because of his social media posts during the summer riots.

Mr Musk said: “I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted paedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts.”

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Sir Keir, who held a gathering for US business chiefs set to attend the summit while he was in New York, told reporters that Mr Musk’s views were in “stark contrast” to those of the executives he had met.

He said the business chiefs described the breakfast event they had with him during his New York visit as “the best of the meetings they’ve had” during the UN General Assembly which sees political leaders jet in from around the world.

“There’s a really strong window of opportunity now with the UK, given the changes we’ve brought about, our number one mission on economic growth, and to talk them through the wealth fund, the industrial strategy, what we’re doing in terms of planning, grids, etc,” Sir Keir said.

“So I’m listening good and hard to what they have to say, because they will be attending the summit, and many of them are already investing in the UK.

“On Tesla. Obviously, I encourage investment from anywhere, and so I don’t want to be misunderstood on this. So good investment into the UK is what I’m very, very keen to promote.”

It is understood SpaceX has been invited to send a representative to the summit in October.

Mr Musk’s absence from the summit follows his promotion of false claims in relation to the