The cuts come as the carmaker struggles with Chinese competition, US tariffs, and the transition to electric vehicles.
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PUBLISHED MON, SEP 7, 2026 9:44 AM UTC • 6 MIN READ
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The cuts will happen over the next two years and will mostly affect the head office, which is based in the UK.
JLR's long-term issues were made worse after a cyber-attack last year caused the firm, which employs 43,000 people globally, to shut down production for more than a month.
Chief executive PB Balaji said the firm was "committed to supporting everyone with care, fairness and respect" through the redundancy process.
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JLR is hoping to achieve the cuts through voluntary redundancy, with a window open until 4 October, but said it would make compulsory redundancies with less generous terms if necessary.
The company is making the redundancies in an attempt to save £1.7bn over the next two years.
The carmaker has been losing sales to rivals from China, a country which JLR initially saw as a market for growth rather than a source of competition.
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