Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs at Solihull

Jaguar Land Rover, Britain's biggest carmaker, is set to announce the loss of 1,000 temporary contract workers from its Solihull production facility, blaming sales hit by Brexit and consumer uncertainty over diesel.

Sales of the Jaguar brand are reported to be down 26 per cent in 2018, with Land Rover suffering a 20 per cent drop. In an announcement expected on Monday, JLR will attribute the declining sales to customer uncertainty caused by Brexit, as well as shifting government policy in relation to diesel. Over 90 per cent of the company's UK sales are from diesel vehicles.

“In light of the continuing headwinds impacting the car industry, we are making some adjustments to our production schedules and the level of agency staff," read a JLR statement.

"We are however continuing to recruit large numbers of highly skilled engineers, graduates and apprentices as we are over-proportionally invest in new products and technologies.”