# London mayor Sadiq Khan accuses Palantir of bypassing procurement rules > Source: > Published: 2026-07-31 16:17:38+00:00 LONDON — Lawyers working on behalf of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have accused the capital’s police force of breaching procurement rules by working with Palantir to award the U.S. tech giant a closely watched police contract. The case follows [concerns expressed by multiple parliamentary committees](https://www.politico.eu/article/drop-palantir-from-nhs-mps-tell-minister) about the U.K.’s dependence on foreign technology firms such as Palantir, which was co-founded in 2003 by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel. The tech firm brought a claim against the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime in the High Court in June after Khan’s deputy mayor refused to sign off on a £50 million contract with the Metropolitan Police for the provision of an AI and data analysis service.