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Jaguar Land Rover and Somerset residents are beneficiaries of Tata announcement, but long-term impact remains to be seen

There are several winners of today’s news that Tata Sons will build a 40GWh battery plant in Somerset, south-west England. The first are, obviously, Tata and its battery company, Agratas, who have reportedly landed themselves hundreds of millions of pounds in government subsidies to support their £4 billion investment.

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The second are the residents of Somerset and environs, who will be among the pool of candidates for a claimed 4000 jobs at the plant itself. 

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