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The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir

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.

The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir

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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.

Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester.

Andy 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.

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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. Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester.

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Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester.

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