google news | Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir's Thiel

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A newly released cache of communications shows that Peter Mandelson, former UK ambassador to the US and co‑founder of the lobbying firm Global Counsel, invited Prime Minister Kier Starmer to meet Palantir founder Peter Thiel in July 2025; Mandelson had long ties to Palantir, which secured multi‑million‑pound contracts with the NHS—including a £60 million COVID‑era deal awarded without competition and the £330 million NHS Federated Data Platform contract in 2023—and an agreement with the Ministry of Defence in January 2026. Emails reveal Mandelson coordinating the proposed meeting and attending a private bipartisan technology forum with Palantir’s UK‑Europe executive, while other documents link Global Counsel’s lobbying activities to Palantir’s award of these contracts, some of which have been redacted for national‑security reasons.

Read more: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/06/02/peter-mandelson-invited-uk-pm-to-meet-palantirs-thiel/5249967

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The Guardian | Mandelson lobbied hard for advisory firm after Labour victory, papers show by Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

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Peter Mandelson, while president of his advisory firm Global Counsel, intensively lobbied senior Labour ministers in the months after the 2024 general election, using WhatsApp messages and emails to arrange lunches, introduce firm staff, and invite officials to panels and round‑tables that also served his personal ambitions, such as his campaign for Oxford University chancellor. He contacted Treasury secretary Spencer Livermore for a private lunch, emailed new science minister Patrick Vallance with reflections on his ministerial experience and an invitation to a research‑innovation event, and coordinated meetings between trade minister Douglas Alexander and Global Counsel personnel, repeatedly following up on ministerial attendance at a clean‑energy roundtable. The disclosed correspondence, part of a data release tied to Mandelson’s brief tenure as UK ambassador to the US, highlights how a Labour peer leveraged his position to promote his firm’s interests—whose clients have included TikTok, Palantir, Shell and Anglo American—while navigating the rules that prohibit Lords from offering parliamentary advice for profit. Mandelson resigned from Global Counsel’s directorship in May 2024, remained president until January 2025, and the firm entered administration in February after revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/01/mandelson-lobbied-ministers-advisory-firm-global-counsel-labour-papers-show

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#Whitehall' Cosy Relationships with Mandelson's #GlobalCounsel

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/whitehalls-cosy-relationship-mandelsons-global-counsel

-> #PeterMandelson co-founded #GlobalCounsel & had 𝟮𝟭% shares in it.
-> They lobbied for #Palantir!
-> 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳 hold £330m+ of NHS data contracts.
-> #KeirStarmer met Palantir, but forgot to formally record it!?

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The impossible task of finding a picture of Peter Mandelson where he doesn't look like he's up to something.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/05/barclays-vodafone-lobbying-firm-global-counsel-peter-mandelson

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