Well it's technically correct, but the government wasn't giving access to Palantir as a favor, they were purchasing data analysis SaaS.
Palantir received one pound; the government paid Palantir for software. The title implies that the government was selling the data, but they were actually getting SaaS for a pittance.
No ambiguity there, although it doesn't adequately explain how that came about, but that's why there's an article.