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.

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