Top UK health official advised Palantir partner during £330m NHS contract bid
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Christophe Domec
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Health campaigners have accused the UK government of corruption after it was revealed that Samantha Jones, the Department of Health and Social Care's most senior civil servant, was acting as an adviser to a partner of Palantir—a controversial US surveillance tech firm—while Palantir was bidding for a £330 million NHS patient record contract. The revelation has sparked demands to end the "revolving door" between government officials and private companies seeking lucrative public contracts.
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bskyTop UK health official advised Palantir partner during £330m NHS contract bidmorningstaronline.co.ukKey quotes
· 2 pulledHealth campaigners demanded the government put an end to the 'dizzying revolving door of corruption'
Samantha Jones, the Department of Health and Social Care's most senior civil servant, was an adviser to a partner of the controversial US surveillance tech firm at the time of the patient record contract
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