[Image: Range Rover Electric: Solihull]


Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plans to cut around 4,000 jobs globally over the next two years as it seeks to save £1.7bn amid falling sales, US tariffs, intense competition and the financial impact of last year’s cyber-attack.

The cuts will mainly affect salaried and management employees, including roles in management, marketing and research and development, while the vast majority of hourly paid factory workers are expected to be unaffected. JLR employs around 44,000 people globally, including 34,000 in the UK.

It has been reported that the Government has ruled out using taxpayers’ money to prevent the redundancies.

CEO PB Balaji said: “The automotive industry faces significant challenges, with technological change amidst intense competition and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty."

The carmaker's pre-tax profit fell to £14m last year from £2.5bn, with the cyber-attack costing about £200m and forcing its factories to shut temporarily. The Coventry-based company has also been hit by US tariffs affecting key models such as the Range Rover and Defender, while Chinese manufacturers continue to gain market share in the UK and Europe.

The announcement comes as JLR undertakes a major product overhaul, including the launch of its first fully electric Range Rover and a new electric Jaguar. The company is also considering US production with Stellantis to mitigate the impact of tariffs.

JLR’s restructuring follows a wider wave of job cuts across Europe’s automotive industry, with Volkswagen also announcing major redundancies as manufacturers contend with slowing demand, rising electrification costs, Chinese competition and global trade tensions.

Last week, Volkswagen's supervisory board approved a restructuring plan that includes around 50,000 additional job cuts worldwide, on top of approximately 50,000 reductions already underway, potentially bringing total workforce reductions across the group to around 100,000 positions by 2030.

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