Overview
- Forty Lloyds branches and 15 Halifax sites will shut on scheduled dates from January 8 through October 2026, with detailed local lists now published.
- Lloyds Banking Group says more than 21 million customers use its apps, a usage shift it argues warrants a smaller physical network.
- Customers are being pointed to other group branches, Post Office services, shared banking hubs and over 30,000 PayPoint locations, with Community Bankers or pop‑ups planned in some areas.
- Local coverage highlights concerns for elderly and digitally excluded residents and notes potential hits to high‑street footfall in affected towns.
- The update lands as Which? counts more than 6,000 UK branch closures since 2015 and as NatWest closes six more sites on December 31, having planned 105 closures by the end of 2025.