US tech surveillance firm Palantir has hired 32 senior UK government and public sector officials since 2012, it has been reported.

An investigation by The Nerve has found that this includes personnel from the NHS, Ministry of Defence (MoD), Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Foreign Office, UK Health Security Agency, Crown Commercial Service, secret service and Downing Street.

It comes as the controversial tech company has been under scrutiny over its growing list of UK Government contracts, including the NHS, the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Financial Conduct Authority and 11 police forces.

Its services have been used by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) to target, identify and locate immigrants.

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The firm has also been accused of selling its services to Israel’s IDF and has been identified as “profiting from genocide” in Gaza according to Francesca Albanese, UN special…