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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Ministers’ claims to have helped JLR in doubt as £1.5bn support left untouched

He stands with two workers
Peter Kyle, business secretary, visits Webasto, a supplier to JLR, in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, last month. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Jaguar Land Rover has not drawn down any of a £1.5bn loan facility guaranteed by the government, with suppliers expressing anger over ministers’ claims to have supported the carmaker’s supply chain after a crippling hack.

Britain’s biggest automotive employer was forced to shut down all of its wholly owned factories from 1 September for more than a month, after cyber-attackers compromised key computer systems.

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