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General · 5 May 2026

£380m support kept Jaguar Land Rover UK production

£380m support kept Jaguar Land Rover UK production

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Thousands of UK car jobs could have been at risk without public funding. Officials warned in December that Jaguar Land Rover might shift vehicle production abroad if a £380m subsidy for a Tata battery plant was not granted. Documents said the factory, costing £5.2bn, could have been built in Spain instead, affecting 33,000 UK workers.

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