A £500,000 contract a council has with a US technology company is under review, the authority has confirmed.

It comes after Coventry City Council came under fire over its deal with Palantir, because of the firm's operations in Israel.

A written question, submitted by independent councillor Grace Lewis at Tuesday's full council meeting, urged the authority not to renew the contract and said Palantir had attracted "significant public concern".

The council confirmed the contract was being assessed, but said it was "always an initial 12-month pilot project that was to be reviewed". Palantir said it had been excited to help the council and the technology offered "huge potential".

The pilot AI scheme took place in the children's services department, where the technology was used to transcribe notes and summarise social workers' records.