Campaigners calling for Elon Musk's X platform to be closed down have received £300,000 from organisations partly-funded by the taxpayer. The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, set up by the late founder of Hamlyn publishers,

Three weeks after a rift, the head of the populist Reform U.K. party said Elon Musk remains open to a donation that could shake up British politics.

In the past, the EU has not hesitated to try to apply European law to tech companies. Over the past decade, for example, Google has faced three fines totaling more than $8 billion for breaking antitrust law (though one of these fines was overturned by the EU’s General Court in 2024).

Voters believe that Elon Musk represents a threat to UK democracy, an exclusive poll for Left Foot Forward has found. The poll, carried out by Savanta for LFF, found that 47% of voters believe that the tech billionaire, who has posted a series of false claims about UK politics in recent weeks on his X platform, represents a threat to UK democracy.

Co-founder of Microsoft and philanthropist Bill Gates has slammed Elon Musk for his embrace of far-right politicians and interference in the politics of other countries.

I find it worrying that a man with enormous access to social media and large financial resources is so directly involved in the internal affairs of other countries,” said Norway's prime minister Monday.

In an interview with the BBC, Trump said Keir Starmer, the leader of the UK's ruling Labour Party, was doing a "very good job."

Elon Musk’s Starlink network is winning Australian customers, but Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says NBN will remain cheaper and get faster.

A rift has emerged within the Republican Party, largely centred on Elon Musk's influence. His support for the H-1B visa programme has drawn criticism from Trump's base, leading to tensions with key figures like Steve Bannon and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Spanish Labour Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz said on Tuesday she will withdraw from Elon Musk's social media platform X due in part to the billionaire's behaviour during events linked to President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Green energy tycoon Dale Vince has called for a ban on political donations despite giving more than £5m to Labour himself...

Elon Musk is intervening in European politics with a slew of vitriolic posts supporting far-right parties. European leaders have begun to object.