Unite, the union representing staff at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has today (June 13) confirmed that staff across the bank will be awarded a £1,000 bonus to help them to deal with the cost of living…Read more…
Lloyds to cut 60 bank branches
Unite, the union representing staff at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), has today (March 23) said more local communities will have their heart ripped out following the announcement of a further 60 bank…Read more…
Anger at Lloyds bank branch closures
Unite, the union representing staff at Lloyds Banking Group, has today (June 23) expressed anger at the decision of the bank to close 44 bank branches in 2021. The bank’s decision to press ahead with…Read more…
Fat cats cashing in on Covid
While the pandemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives and destroyed the livelihoods of many thousands more, some large companies have cashed in on a Covid-19 business bonanza. Still, these fat…Read more…
Major job losses announced at LBG
Unite, a recognised trade union in LBG, has branded the decision by the bank to cut over 1,000 staff in the profit-making bank, a shameful decision. Despite posting strong Quarter Three profits…Read more…
‘Nothing short of outrageous’
Amid a major restructuring that seen Lloyds Bank slash 11,000 jobs since 2018, a new Unite survey reveals a fearful workforce struggling to make ends meet. Belying the popular notion of ‘fat…Read more…
Lloyds review is “counter-productive”
Lloyds Bank workers are suffering under a “counter-productive” cuts agenda Unite said, after the bank announced 1,340 more job losses this week (October 14). The redundancies will effect…Read more…
Too far, too fast
Unite called on Lloyds Banking Group to give a no compulsory redundancy guarantee today (July 28) as the banking group announced a further 3,000 job losses and the closure of 200 branches by the end…Read more…
‘Endless’ job cuts
The relentless Lloyds jobs cull continued yesterday (June 29) as the bank announced it would slash another 640 jobs, mostly in IT, group operations and wealth management. IT sites affected…Read more…
‘Disastrous’ race to the bottom
Lloyds bank has today announced cuts to 625 jobs across several divisions. This includes the offshoring of IT workers to India in a dangerous ‘race to the bottom’ warned Unite. Cuts include…Read more…
Shrinking state
The present government has surpassed a record set by Margaret Thatcher after selling off public assets in 2015 worth 26.4bn, beating the previous highest figure sell-off year, 1987, by £6m. …Read more…
Don’t tell George
Chancellor George Osborne spoke today (October 5) at the Tory Party Conference, just hours after it was announced that the government will continue with its sell-off of its remaining 12 per cent…Read more…