Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms

Samantha Niblett highlighted government's multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and getting locked in'

Microsoft has ripped off the NHS", it was alleged in parliament on Wednesday, as MPs called on ministers to divert more of the government's multibillion-pound computing budget away from US technology companies and towards British alternatives.

The Seattle-based firm's UK government contracts include a five-year deal with the NHS to provide productivity tools reportedly worth over 700m, while the wider government spent 1.9bn on Microsoft software licences in the 2024-25 financial year alone.