Press Digest: Financial Times - August 10

Palantir Technologies

10/08/2026 05:06

Aug 10 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
     
Headlines
- UK government increases cost projections for Palantir's NHS data platform
- Hargreaves Lansdown orders staff back to office
- Andy Burnham promises to tackle false discounts in latest cost-of-living pledge
- UK regulator prepares framework for tokenised gold

   
Overview
- The UK government has increased the projected cost of the NHS England data platform built by Palantir PLTR.O and revised down the expected financial benefits, according to an official report.
- Britain's Hargreaves Lansdown, is ordering employees back to the workplace three days a week from the start of next year. 
- Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced plans to tackle shops advertising false discounts in the latest of a series of measures designed to ease the cost-of-living burden.
- UK regulators are preparing a framework for tokenised goldas part of plans to encourage the digitisation of financial markets and to protect the dominance of London in global bullion trading.


     

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