Speaking for the first time since Musk's flurry of abuse to his 210 million followers on X, Phillips, the safeguarding minister, said the comments had made her more worried about her safety.
In an interview with ITV News, she also defended her decision to refuse a council's request for a second national inquiry into grooming gangs, saying a local process would achieve change more quickly.
Phillips's decision over Oldham council's request for a national inquiry was the prompt for Musk to take an interest in the issue of the rape gangs in a number of UK towns and cities and to call for Keir Starmer to be removed as prime minister.
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