Palantir and UK policy: Public health, public IT, and – say it with me – open public contracts

Nope, COVID-19 is not a catch-all excuse for backdoor deals

Column The news that openDemocracy is calling for a legal review of Matt Hancock's allegedly illegal deal with Palantir is a sign of two things: that things have gone wrong and are going wronger in government health policy; and that there are still ways to start to put it right....