Insurance jobs axed at Lloyds

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a further shake-up that will result in the loss of 650 full-time jobs.

The bank's axe will largely fall on insurance staff in Nottingham, where a site is being shut down, and other back office jobs in Chester.

The announcement came at the same time part-nationalised Lloyds said it closing its 265-strong network of Halifax-branded agencies.