Johnson and Cummings’ secret meeting with Palantir founder revealed

Non-disclosure of apparent meeting a year before firm won NHS role raises serious questions over transparency

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Boris Johnson appears to have had a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of the controversial US data firm Palantir, the year before it was given a role at the heart of the UK's pandemic response.

A month after entering No 10, Johnson and his senior adviser Dominic Cummings had a meeting with Thiel, leaked files suggest. Johnson is now likely to face questions about whether the non-disclosure amounts to a breach of the ministerial code.