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Thu, 17 Jul 2025 Jaguar Land Rover to cut up to 500 UK jobs

The carmaker says the cuts are part of "normal business practice", but one expert blames US tariffs.

* Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plans to cut up to 500 management jobs in the UK due to pressure on sales and profits from US trade tariffs.
* The company will launch a voluntary redundancy scheme, which is expected to affect less than 1.5% of its British workforce.
* JLR cited "normal business practice" for the decision and said it regularly offers employees voluntary redundancies based on the firm's current and future needs.
* Car industry expert Professor David Bailey said US tariffs play a big role in the job cuts, which come after the company reported a drop in sales in the three months to June.
* JLR has been affected by the 10% tariff on British cars exported to the US, as well as the planned wind-down of older Jaguar models.
* The UK-US trade deal gives JLR "confidence to invest £3.5bn" per year, but Professor Bailey said the tariffs have had an impact on the company's workforce.
* The job cuts come after Sir Keir Starmer visited the company in May and declared his intention to protect British jobs in the car industry.
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