Sir Keir Starmer said the views of US business chiefs he spoke to were in ‘stark contrast’ to Elon Musk’s attack on the UK

Elon Musk is hitting back at the UK government for not inviting him to the International Investment Summit in October despite not attending last year's event.

Sir Keir Starmer said the views of US business chiefs he spoke to were in ‘stark contrast’ to Elon Musk’s attack on the UK.

The billionaire has not been invited to the Government’s upcoming summit to drum up international investment after his posts online during the riots.

Elon Musk hit out at the UK after he was not invited to the country’s international investment summit next month — but the ire of the world’s richest man is not the only hurdle organisers must contend with.

"I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts," Mr Musk claimed on X. Earlier this month, the government released some prisoners to reduce prison overcrowding,