Job cuts at Lloyds bring total redundancies to 15,000

The 373 job losses announced today in its Brighton call centre come on the back of 300 redundancies last week. The bank said it will shut the call centre, which employs 535 people, in May next year. Although 162 roles are to be redeployed, the rest will be lost. A spokesman for the bank insisted customer service would remain unaffected as work undertaken in Brighton would be managed at other call centers. A spokesman says: "We are confident we have the capacity in other call centres to manage the calls." Lloyds, which is 43% owned by the British taxpayer, has come under fire fro...