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Jaguar Land Rover is Cutting 4,000 jobs
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Ministers say there will be no bailout
Jaguar Land Rover will cut 4,000 jobs over the next two years, the carmaker confirmed today, with most losses falling on salaried office staff in Britain.
The company is chasing £1.7bn in savings as it battles low-cost Chinese rivals, a 10% US tariff on vehicle imports, and the fallout from last year's crippling cyber attack, BBC News reported.
Production-line workers will not be affected. Around 30,000 of JLR's 43,000 employees are based in the UK. Its headquarters are in Coventry, with factories in Solihull, Wolverhampton, and Halewood on Merseyside.
Chief executive PB Balaji said: 'We recognise this will be difficult news for colleagues affected, and are committed to supporting everyone with care, fairness and respect.'
Staff can apply for voluntary redundancy until early October. If too few take the offer, the company can move to compulsory redundancies on less generous terms. Some workers in overseas divisions will also be offered voluntary exits.
The numbers behind the cuts
Revenue fell 9.6% to £6bn in the three months to 30 June, and pre-tax profits dropped 68.9% to £109m, according to JLR's first-quarter results.
The company, owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, wants to lower the number of vehicles it must sell each year to break even to around 300,000. It says it will press on with an £18bn five-year investment programme covering electrification and new models, JLR said in June.
We recognise this will be difficult news for colleagues affected, and are committed to supporting everyone with care, fairness and respect.
JLR is still recovering from the cyber attack of late summer 2025, which shut its production lines for more than a month. The Cyber Monitoring Centre, a body set up by the insurance industry, estimated the attack cost the UK economy £1.9bn, the most expensive in British history.
Taxpayers already backed a £1.5bn loan
After the attack, the government announced a £1.5bn loan guarantee to keep JLR and its suppliers afloat. Taxpayers stand behind that guarantee if the loan goes bad.
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has ruled out a bailout to protect jobs, though he left the door open to other support. 'If it's about long-term investment in the future, we do invest alongside industry on that', he told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. He is due to meet Balaji and union officials early this week.
Union blames tariffs, energy bills, and EV rules
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the industry faces a 'perfect storm' of tariffs, rising costs, electric vehicle sales mandates, and energy prices, BBC News reported. Unite is funded by member subscriptions and is pushing for retraining and redeployment for affected staff.
Ministers point to energy bill relief, more than £4bn in electric vehicle funding, and a £2bn grant scheme for buyers.
The cuts are an early test for Prime Minister Andy Burnham's pledge to reindustrialise Britain. JLR supports around 120,000 supply-chain jobs across the UK, and MPs have warned the cuts will hit the West Midlands hard. Ministers meet company bosses this week.
