Jaguar Land Rover offered £500m in subsidies to build battery plant in UK

Incentive from Jeremy Hunt comes only days after three carmakers issued Brexit rules warning

The government has offered Jaguar Land Rover 500m in subsidies in an effort to persuade the carmaker to build a new electric battery plant in the UK.

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has offered a package of incentives to entice JLR, days after three global carmakers warned that Brexit rules on where parts were sourced threatened the future of the British automotive industry.