Jaguar Land Rover workers offered £500,000 lifeline by West Midlands Mayor

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has unveiled an initial £500,000 employment support package to help JLR workers taking voluntary redundancy find new jobs.

The rapid-response package, which could be increased further with support from the Department for Work and Pensions, was set up at short notice following JLR's confirmation that it is cutting up to 4,000 jobs over the next two years.

It aims to help affected workers find new jobs while protecting critical advanced manufacturing an... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...