How Palantir got into the NHS - podcast

How did Palantir – sometimes described as ‘the world’s scariest company’ – start working with the NHS?The investigative journalist Lucas Amin shares the findings of his and his colleague Peter Geoghegan’s investigation into the tech company and its relationship with the UK’s public health service – and tells a story of controversial politicians, paid-for political access, and shocking loopholes in UK lobbying regulations.And what, asks Nosheen Iqbal, happened when doctors and nurses started implementing Palantir software? Was it even better than what they had before? Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters