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Jaguar Land Rover confirms job cuts as manufacturer looks to save £1.7bn
The company is opening a voluntary redundancy programme after a cyberattack and weaker sales hit profits, with 30,000 UK workers affected.
- Today, Jaguar Land Rover informed employees and trade unions it is opening a voluntary redundancy programme for salaried and management staff, with reports indicating plans to cut 4,000 jobs amid operational optimizations.
- Falling revenues and a major cyberattack in September 2025 forced the automaker to halt production for five weeks, causing a 27% drop in output and an estimated £1.9bn loss, prompting cost-saving measures.
- Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned that "Death by a thousand cuts" and years of under-investment are crippling the industry, which employs about 30,000 people across the West Midlands, Halewood, and Merseyside.
- Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has spoken to JLR chief executive Balaji and will meet the firm's leadership team early next week to discuss mitigation measures for affected workers and families.
- Shifting focus toward EVs, the company aims to simplify its business model, while the Government has committed £4 billion to the DRIVE35 program for automotive capital and research and development funding through 2035.
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Jaguar Land Rover confirms job cuts to save $2.3 billion <p>JLR has offered voluntary redundancies to save $2.3 billion over two years. The company's sales fell at 9.6%</p>.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right7Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Center, 37% Right
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- 37% of the sources are Center, 37% of the sources lean Right
37% Right
L 26%
C 37%
R 37%
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