Jaguar Land Rover have taken the decision to "freeze production" at their Solihull plant, BirminghamLive can reveal.

In letters, seen by Birmingham Live, DHL staff were reportedly told that production will be halted at the JLR's Lode Lane site for a period of two weeks.

In today's letter, DHL workers were told that JLR have experienced "poor sales during September".

Jaguar Land Rover, meanwhile, has confirmed the planned two-week shutdown.

A spokesman said in a statement: "As part of the company’s continued strategy for profitable growth, Jaguar Land Rover is focused on achieving operational efficiencies and will align supply to reflect fluctuating demand globally as required.

"The decision to introduce a two-week shutdown period later this month at Solihull is one example of actions we are taking to achieve this. Customer orders in the system will not be impacted and employees affected will be paid for the duration of the shutdown."

The news comes just three weeks after staff at JLR's Castle Bromwich plant were told they would be moving to a three-day week .

Speaking at the time, Mr Dromey told BirminghamLive: "Brexit chaos and the mishandling by ministers and the transition from diesel are a growing threat to the future of the historic Castle Bromwich plant."

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