GoKawiilAn investigation by The Nerve has found that this includes personnel from the NHS, Ministry of Defence (MoD), Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Foreign Office, UK Health Security Agency, Crown Commercial Service, secret service and Downing Street.
It comes as the controversial tech company has been under scrutiny over its growing list of UK Government contracts, including the NHS, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Financial Conduct Authority and 11 police forces.
Its services have been used by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) to target, identify and locate immigrants.
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The firm has also been accused of selling its services to Israel’s IDF and has been identified as “profiting from genocide” in Gaza according to Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories.
While there is no suggestion of wrongdoing, transparency experts have warned that this hiring spree exposes the UK to an “acute risk” of corruption.
The hires have included the MoD’s senior official on AI, who co-wrote the UK’s military strategy on AI, as well as NHS England’s former director of AI.
Four members of the House of Lords have advised Palantir, according to The Nerve, while Palantir’s list of paid consultants also includes two generals and a former chief adviser to the PM.
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Steve Goodrich, director of research at Transparency International UK, told the outlet: “Poor controls on the revolving door between government and the private sector mean there's an acute risk of former officials abusing privileged information and contacts entrusted to them for the benefit of their new employers.”
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