Financial Times: Ministers have identified a handful of UK technology companies they hope might be candidates to take over the health service’s Federated Data Platform, as they consider applying a break clause in Palantir’s contract in March next year, people familiar with the matter told the FT.
…Some government figures are pushing to replace Palantir, which has come under fire over its links to the Trump administration and the US defence sector, to reduce the risk of a backlash by progressives against Burnham’s drive to foster the British AI industry…