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[@faisalislam](/creator/twitter/faisalislam)
"Chinese electric cars will reduce UK emissions but what about rivals here - BBC News"  
[X Link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66820791.amp) [@BBC](/creator/x/BBC) 2025-10-07T10:38Z 208.1M followers, 10.8K engagements


"Rachel Reeves plans 'targeted action' on bills in Budget - BBC News"  
[X Link](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8eykkgdze5o) [@BBC](/creator/x/BBC) 2025-10-16T16:22Z 208.1M followers, 48.2K engagements


"Significant news Chinese EV company BYD (35604) overtakes Tesla (34944) in total UK car sales so far this year and in September is just below Volvo and Vauxhall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1975509236550406325) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-07T10:31Z 372.2K followers, 24.6K engagements


"Conservative costing is 9bn in a single year - it applies to primary residences - ie not second homes - uk residents only - and across the board - so on all prices"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1975897513636036948) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-08T12:14Z 372.2K followers, 13.6K engagements


"That 9bn cost is in 2029/30 - so according to the OBR - residential SDLT is due to raise 19bn in that year That leaves a gap of 10bn - which in theory would be second homes foreign buyers paying as much stamp duty by themselves as is paid in total by everyone now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1975900791639822535) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-08T12:27Z 372.2K followers, 10.4K engagements


"As we talked about on last weeks televised Newscast the prevalence of the B-word was extremely notable among Cabinet ministers in Liverpool @ChrisMasonBBC @ProfJaneGreen @adamfleming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1976767622097109016) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-10T21:51Z 372.2K followers, 27.8K engagements


"G7 finance ministers will discuss plan for widespread redeployment or effective seizure of up to $300bn of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraines war and reconstruction effort this afternoon EU warming to a version of the idea made easier by fact most of what were bonds have now matured into cash deposits at the ECB but legal mechanism to cover any potential legal losses from future Russian claims from across Europe and move from all G7 nations together being sought here in DC ahead of possible big moment at upcoming EU leaders summit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1978301021349691575) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-15T03:24Z 372.2K followers, 15.7K engagements


"NEW Chancellor tells me Budget options including targeted action on consumer bills to deal with cost of living challenges. It includes cutting surcharges on energy bills or cutting the X% rate of VAT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1978856497581858957) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-16T16:12Z 372.2K followers, 68.2K engagements


"Ouch. France credit rating downgraded to A+ by S&P in middle of IMF meeting same as recently promoted Spain and two notches below UKs AA. French finance minister did not even make it to DC was AAA back in 2011. Heightened risk to budgetary consolidation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1979284345526640883) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-17T20:32Z 372.2K followers, 34.5K engagements


"BYD now says the UK is its biggest market outside China. Wrote about it two years ago when they launched:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1975511090621559176) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-07T10:38Z 372.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"NEW: Am in the Cash Room of the US Treasury where will soon hear from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent He has just said something very interesting about his pick for Fed Chair - he has re-read Maestro the biography of Greenspan and that he sees parallels now with the 1990s Significance: Wants the new Fed Chair to similarly have an open mind to the idea that new tech will increase productivity in a non-inflationary way and accommodate this with low interest rates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1978444314888880407) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-15T12:54Z 372.2K followers, 14.2K engagements


"Some context for the debate back home about UK relations with China Make no mistake this is China versus the world the US Treasury Secretary implores the rest of the world to respond with the US on restrictions on rare earths exports we are not going to let bureaucrats in Beijing control the global supply chains Officials here told me that much of the talk even re the pressure on Russia was really about the US & China. UK has for example welcomed Chinese cars no tariffs now secondary biggest market for its biggest producer G7 meeting now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/faisalislam/status/1978528038573760861) [@faisalislam](/creator/x/faisalislam) 2025-10-15T18:26Z 372.2K followers, 14.9K engagements