Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir's Thiel
Britain's former US ambassador founded lobbyist that represented spy-tech firm, saw it win big roles in UK defense, health tech
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. It signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defence in January.
Palantir was awarded more than £60 million in UK health service deals during the Covid era without any competition. It later won the £330 million NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) deal after a much-criticized procurement the government maintained was fair and...
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