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Elon Musk has waded into Donald Trump’s legal case against Britain’s Labour party as he declared ‘war’ on the party.

Yesterday, lawyers for the Republican presidential candidate filed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission, accusing Labour of making ‘illegal foreign campaign contributions’ which were ‘accepted’ by Kamala Harris’s campaign.

Rules about foreigners working in US elections are strict, and state that they must volunteer and cannot receive any payment.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has this morning insisted that no rules were broken because Labour activists were campaigning ‘in their spare time’ and said the incident won’t affect his working relationship with Trump.

Trump supporter and billionaire Musk has voiced his opinion on the lawsuit and also declared ‘war’ against the British Labour party.

Former President Trump’s campaign have cited a now-deleted post on LinkedIn by Sofia Patel, Labour’s head of operations, which said 100 current and former staffers were going to be volunteering in battleground states such as North Carolina and Nevada.

Musk was also one of the first to join the Republican outrage surrounding British Labour activists volunteering in the US.

When the story first broke earlier this month, Musk responded by saying the move ‘is illegal’.

But his reply was quickly met with a humiliating community note stating that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) explicitly permits foreign nationals to serve as campaign volunteers.

The FEC, which regulates US elections, states that foreign volunteers are not allowed to donate money to campaigns or spend money on their behalf, nor can they ‘participate in the decision-making process’, but they may, however, participate in activities as an ‘uncompensated volunteer’.

This is the most recent spat between Musk and the new Labour government in the UK.