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17 resultsfor “UK government contracts with Palantir”

Politics

‘Potential security risk’: Unpacking the UK’s trust issues with Palantir

UK government more broadly. Officials are now openly considering a 2027 break point for the contract. On Monday, Palantir

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 12
Politics

Sadiq Khan may try to stop Scotland Yard signing Palantir contract

Palantir](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/palantir) to be blocked or dropped from UK contracts. The government has a £330m

The Guardian WorldApr 27
Tech

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

government seriously understands the culture and ideology of Palantir, and how it will exit from its contracts at the earliest opportunity.” Last month, the Guardian reported that Palantir was to be given access to highly

The Guardian WorldApr 21
Politics

Tuesday briefing: Palantir’s rise – and why so many oppose its role in the British state

government and commercial enterprises in the west from the factory floors to the front lines”. The National Health Service, the UK’s Ministry of Defence and several constabularies have contracts with Palantir

The Guardian WorldJun 2
Politics

Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

government need to act fast and trigger the break clause on these lucrative contracts now.” Palantir has some £600m worth of contracts with UK

The Guardian WorldApr 23
Tech

Calls grow to ban Palantir in Australia after manifesto described by UK MP as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’

UK MP as the “ramblings of a supervillain”](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps), the US spy tech company Palantir says it is just “a software company” amid calls for Australian government agencies to ban any new contracts

The Guardian WorldApr 30
Tech

Technofacism? Why Palantir’s pro-West ‘manifesto’ has critics alarmed

UK to take advantage of an early break in the tech giant’s 330 million-pound ($446.4m) contract with the health service labelled Palantir “dreadful” and “shameful” in a debate last week, after which

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 21
Health

Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

Palantir, which also supports Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and the Israeli, US and UK militaries, was awarded a £330m contract to help build the FDP, installing AI systems to integrate scattered health datasets

The Guardian WorldMay 11
Tech

‘Technofascism’: Critics accuse Palantir of pushing AI war doctrine

contracts with numerous foreign government agencies, [including Israel’s military](/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they), to which it has provided technology during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. In a [statement to Al Jazeera](/news/2026/3/17/blood-tech-the-uk-ambassador-the-sex-offender-palantir-and-gaza) earlier this year, Palantir

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 20
Politics

Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

Palantir has been mounting a PR pushback advised by Boris Johnson’s political strategist, Isaac Levido. The FDP is proving to be one of the most controversial contracts in the UK public sector

The Guardian WorldApr 16
Politics

London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir

contracts with Palantir, including its £330m deal to help operate a patient and medical data platform for NHS England. MPs have [attacked](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/16/labour-and-lib-dem-mps-demand-shameful-palantir-nhs-contract-be-scrapped) the deal as “dreadful” and “shameful”, and the government

The Guardian WorldMay 21
Business

HMRC to use AI from British tech firm to spot fraud and tax return errors

government's efforts to build what's known as "digital sovereignty". There are concerns about the UK's dependence on platforms and services provided by big tech companies based in the US, including the controversial

BBC NewsMay 14
Politics

Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations

government to review its Palantir contracts after the spy tech company published a manifesto on X extolling the benefits of US power and implying some cultures were inferior to others[. Parliamentarians described the manifesto

The Guardian WorldApr 22
Politics

Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked

contracts, said there had been a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules. Palantir also works for the Israeli military and the Trump administration in its immigration crackdown. Khan has previously said Londoners only wanted

The Guardian WorldMay 22
Politics

Met Police Palantir contract blocked by City Hall

contract's value had risen from an initial estimate of £15m - £25m a year to the top of that range following direct negotiations with Palantir, and she was not satisfied the Met could fund

BBC NewsMay 21
Politics

Met Palantir row gets to heart of how public services should use AI

UK’s largest police force is shrinking; a £125m funding shortfall means it faces cutting 1,150 posts. Scotland Yard wants to use AI to deploy Palantir’s systems to comb through human intelligence reports

The Guardian WorldMay 21
Tech

Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

UK workers are the first in a “frontier” AI lab to seek union recognition, they said. Google DeepMind is headquartered in London but has about a dozen offices across North America and Europe. At least

The Guardian WorldMay 5