"Labour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing concern at the lack of government transparency over dealings with the company and Peter Mandelson. Since 2023, Palantir has secured more than 500m in contracts with the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, while it employed Global Counsel, the lobbying firm founded by Mandelson. Emails released by the US Department of Justice show Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein to find rich individuals as clients."
"Requests for information about meetings between the company's leadership with Keir Starmer and the former prime minister Boris Johnson were among those that have been refused. With Palantir now expanding its AI-powered technology into British policing, the government is facing calls to freeze its involvement with the Denver-based company, which was co-founded by Donald Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel who also had a relationship with Epstein."
Opposition politicians call for halting UK public contracts with Palantir amid concerns about government transparency and links to Peter Mandelson. Since 2023 Palantir has secured more than 500m in contracts with the NHS and the Ministry of Defence and employed the lobbying firm Global Counsel, founded by Mandelson. Emails show Mandelson sought help from Jeffrey Epstein to find wealthy clients. The government has refused requests for information about meetings with party leaders. Palantir is expanding AI-powered policing tools and supplies military and immigration-enforcement technology, prompting calls to pause or terminate contracts over privacy and effectiveness concerns.
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