Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has taken a senior UK role at Palantir as the government considers whether to invoke a break clause in the US spy-tech company's £330 million National Health Service contract.
Mosley said Watson had been on leave from the House of Lords since March and would remain so while working for Palantir.
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said in July that the Department of Health and Social Care should begin preparing to replace the FDP before the contract reaches its break clause in February.
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Watson will become its UK senior vice president and work alongside Louis Mosley, executive vice president for the UK and Europe.
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US spy-tech firm insists its new UK senior vice president is there to 'build things, not to open doors'.
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson has taken a senior UK role at Palantir as the government considers whether to invoke a break clause in the US spy-tech company's £330 million National Health Service contract.
The appointment is the latest high-profile example of Palantir recruiting from British politics and public service as it seeks to expand its government business.
Watson will become its UK senior vice president and work alongside Louis Mosley, executive vice president for the UK and Europe.
Mosley said Watson had been on leave from the House of Lords since March and would remain so while working for Palantir.
In April, Zubir Ahmed MP, a junior minister at the Department of Health and Social Care, said the government could end Palantir's seven-year Federated Data Platform contract when the break clause becomes available next spring.
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said in July that the Department of Health and Social Care should begin preparing to replace the FDP before the contract reaches its break clause in February.
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