JAGUAR LAND ROVER is expected to cut 1,000 jobs in the West Midlands.
The British maker has blamed the move on a drop in car sales caused by Brexit and diesel uncertainty.
Production will be slashed at the Castle Bromwich and Solihull factories, according to reports.
Temporary agency staff in Solihull are unlikely to have contracts renewed with workers moved over from Castle Bromwich to fill gaps.
JLR employs around 40,000 people in total making it the UK’s biggest car manufacturer.
Of these, around 3,200 are at Castle Bromwich and a further 10,000 at Solihull.
Earlier in the year, JLR also scaled back production at its Halewood plant in Merseyside.
A JLR statement said: “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.
“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.”
“We also remain committed to our UK plants in which we have invested more than £4bn since 2010 to future proof manufacturing technologies to deliver new models.”
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New car sales in UK have plummeted over the past 12 months with latest March figures showing a 26 per cent fall this year.
That’s been caused by Brits delaying buying new models because of the war on diesel and Brexit uncertainty.
Around 90 per cent of Jaguar sales in the UK are diesels – with new buyers facing a tax on purchases from this month.