No 10 hands Jaguar Land Rover £500m loan to develop electric cars

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Meeting of carmakers also told of plan for new houses to have EV charging point

The government has handed Jaguar Land Rover a £500m loan guarantee to help accelerate its progress in the global electric vehicle race. Theresa May said the loan would help Britain's biggest carmaker...

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