A decade and a half after a damning Parliamentary report exposed profiteering and poor oversight in QinetiQ’s privatisation, the UK government appears to be repeating the same mistakes with a new £1.54 billion defence contract lacking transparency, competition, and accountability.
The £1.54 billion question: why should QinetiQ’s new UK defence windfall worry British taxpayers?
Palantir’s quiet coup: the military-industrial complex embedding itself in Britain’s public sector
Keir Starmer’s secretive meeting with US spy-tech firm Palantir — brokered by defence-linked lobbyist Peter Mandelson — reveals the growing grip of the military-industrial complex on Britain’s public institutions.
As British defence spending gets a boost, should arms trade profiteering and political influence be reined in?
As Britain’s defence spending grows, QinetiQ’s state-backed profits appear to be funding the hard-right political ambitions of its largest shareholder, raising urgent ethical and regulatory questions.