Labour conference committee rejects motion to scrap Palantir NHS contract amid Israel links
The Labour Party’s Conference Arrangements Committee voted down a motion to end Palantir’s £330 million NHS data contract, despite claims of the firm’s ties to the Israeli military.
At the Labour conference in Liverpool, the Socialist Health Association and several constituency parties put forward an emergency motion to cancel the NHS’s £330 million contract with Palantir, citing alleged involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories. The Conference Arrangements Committee blocked the proposal, allowing the contract to continue. The motion argued that Palantir’s technology contributes to human-rights violations, but the committee said procedural rules prevented its adoption.
Why it matters
It shows how Labour’s internal governance is handling pressure to cut ties with firms accused of human-rights abuses.
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