Overview
- Britain’s Ministry of Defence directly awarded Palantir a £240.6 million, three‑year analytics contract starting 1 April, using a defense and security exemption and promising a redacted contract on request after 90 days.
- OpenDemocracy reported Palantir hired former MoD officials in 2025, a point the MoD addressed by citing due‑diligence checks and restrictions under business appointment rules, which Palantir says it enforces.
- NHS England’s £330 million Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir, awarded in 2023 and due for review in 2027, remains contested by clinicians, patients and campaigners citing ethical and privacy concerns.
- Recent protests and letters from local groups and political figures, including a Green Party letter on 21 January, intensified after two fatal ICE shootings in the US, with critics highlighting Palantir’s longstanding work for the agency.
- NHS England and Palantir say the platform operates solely under NHS instruction with strict confidentiality terms, and they cite claimed operational gains such as additional procedures and reduced discharge delays, even as some bodies like Greater Manchester ICB defer adoption.