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Spotlight - AI, Palantir & the Pushback: Sadiq Khan's much discussed decision over Met Police contract

France24 · · 141 words · By Guillaume MERCIER; Gavin LEE; Alessandro XENOS; Guillaume GOUGEON
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“London Mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a proposed fifty-million-pound contract between the Metropolitan Police and AI giant Palantir”
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Multiple independent reports from The Guardian confirm that Sadiq Khan blocked a £50 million contract between the Metropolitan Police and Palantir.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953), is a British former Labour Party politician, lobbyist and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The premiership of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Keir_Starmer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Sadiq Aman Khan (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as the third and current mayor of London since 2016. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 unt…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_Khan
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“The company had been expected to provide advanced tools to help police process intelligence in criminal investigations”
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Wikipedia and official Palantir sources confirm the company develops data integration and analytics platforms used by organizations (including law enforcement like the LAPD) to process intelligence and data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States, maintains and uses a variety of resources that allow its officers to effectively…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palantir Technologies Inc. () is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics platforms. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, it was founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Ste…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zack Polanski (born David Paulden; 2 November 1982) is a British politician who has been the Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since September 2025 and a member of the London Assembly (AM…
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“Susan Hall, leader of the Conservative Party in the London Assembly”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Susan Mary Hall is a member of the London Assembly and has served as Leader of the London Conservatives in the Assembly.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Susan Mary Hall (née Cole; born March 1955) is a British politician. A member of the London Assembly since 2017, she has served as Leader of the London Conservatives in the Assembly since May 2025, ha…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly, some local council by-elections in London…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The London Conservatives are the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London. The party holds 8 of the 75 seats representing London in the House of Commons, 7 of the 25 se…
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