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UK reviewing Palantir's NHS contract amid pressure to use break clause
UK reviewing Palantir's NHS contract amid pressure to use break clause LONDON, June 9 : Britain is conducting a full review of its National Health Service contract with U.S. data analytics firm Palantir, amid growing political pressure for the government to use a break clause at the end of the initial term in early 2027. Technology minister Liz Kendall said on Tuesday the review would assess whether to extend the £330 million ($441 million) deal under provisions allowing the government to...
UK lawmakers call on government to ditch Palantir NHS contract
MPs have told the government to cut its ties with Palantir, and end the US spy-tech firm's controversial involvement in the National Health Service's Federated Data Platform. Warning against vendor lock-in across government, the House of Common science and technology committee said it was most concerned about Palantir, which had secured central roles in health and defense systems. “Palantir should not have a such a significant role in the UK public sector… it is far from the only company...
The UK will review its NHS contract with US software firm Palantir
The UK will review its NHS contract with US software firm Palantir A recent government report called Palentir's presence an "unacceptable point of weakness." The UK government is reviewing its National Health Service (NHS) partnership with US data firm Palantir to decide if it will end the contract early, Reuters reported. The decision follows the release of a parliamentary committee report that called Palantir's increasing presence in the UK public sector an "unacceptable point of weakness."
Palantir’s $445 Million NHS Deal Under Fire From UK Lawmakers
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to Palantir Technologies headquarters in Washington, DC, in 2025. Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Images North America
Top health official had close ties with Palantir partner at time of NHS contract
Scrutiny of Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, comes amid pressure for ministers to use break clause in key contract
The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for big tech | Editorial
Ministers should end Palantir’s contract before medical confidentiality is sacrificed to Silicon Valley’s appetite for public dataAlarm bells ought to have rung when it emerged last month that Palantir engineers could gain “unlimited access” to identifiable NHS patient data. Such sensitive medical information was only supposed to be available either to someone involved in a patient’s care or with the patient’s informed consent. NHS England’s new position appears to have changed that,...
The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for big tech | Editorial
Ministers should end Palantir’s contract before medical confidentiality is sacrificed to Silicon Valley’s appetite for public dataAlarm bells ought to have rung when it emerged last month that Palantir engineers could gain “unlimited access” to identifiable NHS patient data. Such sensitive medical information was only supposed to be available either to someone involved in a patient’s care or with the patient’s informed consent. NHS England’s new position appears to have changed that,...
The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for big tech | Editorial
Ministers should end Palantir’s contract before medical confidentiality is sacrificed to Silicon Valley’s appetite for public dataAlarm bells ought to have rung when it emerged last month that Palantir engineers could gain “unlimited access” to identifiable NHS patient data. Such sensitive medical information was only supposed to be available either to someone involved in a patient’s care or with the patient’s informed consent. NHS England’s new position appears to have changed that,...
Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn
A bipartisan group of UK politicians is sounding the alarm over the country's partnership with the data analytics company Palantir. In a report published Tuesday, the 11 members of Parliament’s Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee warned that the country’s ballooning reliance on Palantir’s technology “represents an unacceptable point of weakness” that could hand the company overwhelming bargaining power in future negotiations. “We know that with vendor lock-in, over time, we’ll get...
Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir's Thiel
A newly released cache of communications involving Peter Mandelson show the UK former ambassador to the US invited Prime Minister Kier Starmer to meet Palantir founder Peter Thiel in July last year. More than a decade ago, Mandelson co-founded Global Counsel, a lobbying biz which included Palantir as a client. The US spy-tech company – prior to the current administration coming to power in July 2024 – won government contracts, including multi-million-pound deals with the NHS.