The boss of Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata is expected to fly to London next week to announce that Britain has won a battle with Europe to host its electric car battery plant.

Tata's chairman Ratan Tata is scheduled to meet Rishi Sunak to finalise the deal to build a factory which will create up to 9,000 jobs, the BBC reported.

The company had been considering another site in Spain.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had reportedly promised £500m of help if Tata picked Britain, as well as taxpayer support for Port Talbot to hit net zero by installing electric arc furnaces to replace its ageing blast furnaces.

However, Jaguar Land Rover denied it had been offered subsidies, saying last week: “Reports that JLR has been offered government funding to influence a decision around future global gigafactory locations are untrue.

“JLR will become an anchor customer of the Tata Group's future global gigafactory venture.”

The expected decision to choose the Bridgwater site in Somerset comes amid growing pressure to secure the supply chain for electric cars in Britain.

Stellantis – which makes Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat – had warned it could be forced to close factories unless the Government altered post-Brexit rules that will force it to source over 45pc of materials for electric cars within the EU next year, or face 10pc tariffs.