The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir
Ben GartsidePoliticsSep 22, 2026 6:30 AMThe UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over PalantirAndy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. The largest—a £330m contract to manage healthcare data on the NHS Federated Data Platform—is the one Palantir opponents have opted to focus on. Reports circulated during Labour’s leadership election that Burnham would block Palantir, but they were swiftly cut down in follow-up reporting.
- ▪Ben GartsidePoliticsSep 22, 2026 6:30 AMThe UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over PalantirAndy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester.
- ▪The largest—a £330m contract to manage healthcare data on the NHS Federated Data Platform—is the one Palantir opponents have opted to focus on.
- ▪Reports circulated during Labour’s leadership election that Burnham would block Palantir, but they were swiftly cut down in follow-up reporting.
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Ben GartsidePoliticsSep 22, 2026 6:30 AMThe UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over PalantirAndy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyWhen Andy Burnham sat in his office in Manchester as the regional mayor, building an unrivaled power base on Britain’s left that ultimately catapulted him into the prime minister’s office, he did so in the only region of England that refused Palantir access to its data.Now, as Burnham enters his first parliamentary session as British leader, Palantir could prove to be his first major…
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