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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Juliette Garside

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Palantir logo is displayed in white on a slatted wooden wall at a World Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland. The blurred heads of men are seen walking past.
Palantir expects its worldwide revenues to almost double this year to $8bn (£5.95bn), its CEO has said. Photograph: Juan Marcos Borsatto/Alamy

The software group Palantir paid just £2m in corporation tax in the UK in 2024, despite holding public sector contracts worth hundreds of millions, thanks to tax breaks that are likely to reduce its contributions to governments around the world for years to come.

The US-headquartered company, which has harnessed AI to secure lucrative work for the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, is growing exponentially.

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