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Lloyds Bank have confirmed plans to shut 100 UK branches under new plans to 'go digital'.

The announcement - which has also put 200 jobs on the line - has been described as a "painful" move for the high street" and another blow in a "continuous stream of branch closures" by unions.

The news comes just one year after the group confirmed plans to shut 400 of its branches around the UK, axing 9,000 jobs in the process.

The closures will affect 54 Lloyds bank branches, 22 Halifax branches and 24 Bank of Scotland branches.

Rob MacGregor, Unite national officer said: "The continuous stream of branch closures announced by the UK’s retail bank branches appears to show no signs of ending.

On Tuesday, the firm also announced a huge overhaul of its entire network - with plans to "shrink" some stores down to just two members of staff as the brand adapts to 'digital banking'.

Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland - which collectively covers over 30 million UK consumers - said it would replace 'key' locations with ‘micro’ style branches and in some cases board up the old counter sections.

A Lloyds spokesman said the 100 branches will close between July and October 2017.

"These branch closures - previously announced in July 2016 - are in response to changing customer behaviour, and the reduced number of transactions being made in branches.

"Our branches will continue to play a vital role in our multi-channel approach to meeting the full range of customer needs, and we expect to continue to have the biggest branch network in the UK."

It added that the closures will be balanced out by a brand new fleet of 9 "mobile branches" across the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland networks by the end of the year.

This will start with branches in South Wales, Devon and Gloucestershire over the new few weeks.

Full list of Halifax closures

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Full list of Lloyds Bank closures

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Full list of Bank of Scotland closures