Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to cut about 2,000 jobs from its workforce over the next year.
The company has said it had started a full review as it prepares to become a "more agile organisation".
The announcement appears after the car maker confirmed that it planned to be all-electric by 2025 and that it will keep all three of its UK plants open. The losses, from its worldwide workforce, will not affect manufacturing staff. JLR has its headquarters in Coventry and plants in Castle Bromwich, Solihull, and Halewood near Merseyside.
But Labour leader Keir Starmer is keen to protect jobs at JLR as he backed plans to build a massive car battery "gigafactory" at Coventry Airport. He said, "We need a government that understands and wants to allow manufacturing to succeed. My dad was a toolmaker, I grew up in manufacturing and I care about manufacturing.
"You've got to believe in manufacturing when you are making decisions about JLR and the region, and I believe in manufacturing because it's in my blood."
