Jaguar Land Rover’s main assembly plant at Solihull was shut for two weeks at the end of last year because of a fall in demand LEON NEAL / GETTY IMAGESJaguar Land Rover is to cut 4,500 jobs and a further 4,000 UK manufacturing jobs at Ford are under threat after the US manufacturer said that it would be shaking up its European operations. In the darkest day for the British automotive industry since the collapse of Rover 13 years ago with the loss of 6,000 jobs at Longbridge in Birmingham, Jaguar Land Rover said it is having to take “decisive action” to secure the long-term future of the company. Britain’s largest carmaker, employing 40,000 around the country, said of the 4,500 job reductions that 1, 500 had already left the company. The remaining 3,000 will come through a voluntary redundancy programme. Referring to the attacks by governments and environmentalists on diesel, the engines that…

Source: The Times January 10, 2019 09:05 UTC