Lloyds Bank, the 43% taxpayer rescued wreck of a once proud bank, has announced that it will cut a further 5,000 jobs by the end of next year.
Lloyds, at the behest of Gordon Brown, rescued HBOS last year at the height of the banking crisis; it now faces having to "eliminate" a total of 12,500 jobs from a total of 129,000 staff employed in Britain.
Meanwhile HSBC and Barclays both issued positive trading statements, in which they claimed the rise in bad debts has peaked and profits are sustainable.
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