Multiple high street banks and building societies are leaving Britain's high streets in February 2025 as the trend of bank branch closures looks set to continue over the next month. Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland are among the financial institutions shutting down locations across the UK in a blow to thousands of customers and the wider economy.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced plans to close 136 more high street branches as it accelerates cost cutting and digitises the bank

The closures across the country are due to begin in May this year as the banking group goes increasingly online