Jaguar Land Rover is to make 300 job cuts at its Halewood Plant on Merseyside, and further production shutdowns are possible, it has been announced.

In a statement today the company said: “Jaguar is to cease production of its X-Type vehicle at the Halewood Plant on Merseyside at year end, with the loss of up to 300 further jobs by voluntary means. We also expect the need to take a further three weeks or more of shutdown of the Halewood plant over the balance of this year, starting in September, because of ongoing weakness in the market.”