Day: July 17, 2025
British car firm to offer voluntary redundancy to managers after sales drop by 15.1% in three months to June
Jaguar Land Rover has said it will axe up to 500 management jobs in the UK, after the carmaker reported a plunge in sales linked to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The British luxury car manufacturer said about 1.5% of its staff in the UK would be affected by the job cuts as part of a voluntary redundancy round for managers. JLR, which is owned by India’s Tata Motors, employs 33,000 people in the UK.
Rachael Maskell, one of four Labour MPs to lose whip, stands by actions and says party needs to be ‘broad church that listens to each other’
An MP suspended from Labour for spearheading a rebellion against disability benefit cuts has stood by her actions and says she will “continue to advocate for my constituents”.
Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central, told the BBC that Keir Starmer had been wrong to suspend her and three colleagues and that the party needed to be a “broad church that listens to each other”.
