Starmer cannot have armoured electric Range Rover ‘because of bomb risk’

Keir Starmer stepping out of a vehicle in Downing Street. The government is the main customer in Britain for JLR’s armoured vehicles. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Would-be car buyers considering ditching petrol for electric tend to fret – not always correctly – about higher upfront costs, access to chargers and whether their battery will last on long journeys.

But Keir Starmer has an unusual obstacle to making the switch – Britain’s largest carmaker has claimed electric vehicles (EVs) do not offer adequate bomb protection.