Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024 and leader of the Conservative Party during that period. Previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he designed the furlough scheme. A former Goldman Sachs analyst and hedge fund partner before entering Parliament in 2015.
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Rishi Sunak
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Public positions Rishi Sunak has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- NATO and U.S. alliances"Strong NATO supporter; raised UK defense-spending ambitions toward 2.5% of GDP"
- U.S. climate policy"Pushed back some net-zero deadlines while keeping the 2050 target and expanding nuclear"
- U.S. support for Ukraine"Continued large UK military and financial aid packages to Ukraine and was an early supporter of supplying tanks"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.