Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it is cutting 22 in-house legal roles as part of the redundancy programme announced in its 2015-2017 strategy.

A spokesperson for the bank said: "This process involves taking difficult decisions, and we are committed to working through these changes in a careful and sensitive way. All affected employees have been briefed by their line manager today. Accord and Unite were consulted prior to this announcement and will continue to be consulted.