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title: "Greater Manchester resists Palantir health data contract"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/greater-manchester-resists-palantir-health-data-contract-ca6ffe
source_name: "WIRED"
source_url: https://www.wired.com/story/the-single-english-county-saying-no-to-palantir/
published: 2026-08-21T06:00:00.000Z
topics: []
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# Greater Manchester resists Palantir health data contract

*2026-08-21 · Source: [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/the-single-english-county-saying-no-to-palantir/)*

The UK region of Greater Manchester is pushing back against a large national health care contract awarded to Palantir. Local officials argue they can run the data work themselves rather than outsourcing it to Palantir.

**Why it matters:** This adds to a string of local and regional pushback against Palantir's expanding role in public-sector data infrastructure, particularly around sensitive health records. It highlights growing friction between centralized government AI contracts and local demands for control over citizen data.

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