Lloyds Banking Group has said it is cutting about 1,600 jobs across its branch network, as part of an ongoing shift towards online banking.The overhaul will also see the banking giant create 830 roles in an expanded "relationship growth" team, where more staff will be available to talk to customers in branches, through video meetings or over the phone.The redundancies are not expected to affect the most junior employees, and in some situations staff will be offered voluntary redundancy.

Lloyds Banking Group has said it is cutting about 1,600 jobs across its branch network, as part of an ongoing shift towards online banking.The overhaul will also see the banking giant create 830 roles in an expanded "relationship growth" team, where more staff will be available to talk to customers in branches, through video meetings or over the phone.The redundancies are not expected to affect the most junior employees, and in some situations staff will be offered voluntary redundancy.