Good news from Democracy for Sale

Posted: 17th April 2026

Democracy for Sale exists to shine a light in dark places. Today we’re doing exactly that – in court.

Last March we filed a Freedom of Information request for the crucial ministerial briefings sent to health secretary Wes Streeting about Palantir’s £330m NHS contract.

Palantir isn’t a healthcare company. It’s a defence and surveillance firm owned by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, wired into Trump’s White House and its ICE deportation machine. Doctors and the British Medical Association have warned against handing sensitive health infrastructure to a company like this.

The government’s response? Trust us. No, you can’t see the papers.

So we’ve teamed up with lawyers at the Good Law Project and Landmark Chambers to fight this secrecy at the Information Tribunal. We deserve to know what taxpayers’ money is being spent on – and how our critical health data is being used.

We have just filed our appeal. We have been pushing