Lloyds Banking Group has said it plans to shut 60 branches across the country including a number of Buckinghamshire banks.

The major banking group said it would close 24 Lloyds branches, as well as 19 Bank of Scotland and 17 Halifax sites.

Lloyds branches in Beaconsfield, Buckingham, Aylesbury and Marlow - as well as the Halifax in Beaconsfield are named on the list of clousres.

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The news comes just over a week after HSBC confirmed it was shutting its branch Amersham.

The branches are thought to employ 124 people, but Lloyds said it would try to find affected staff new roles within the company.

The bank said it had seen a 27% rise in use of its mobile banking app over the last two years, and a 12% rise in regular users of its online banking system.

Now 18.6 million people regularly bank online and 15 million use the mobile app.

The business’s group retail director Vim Maru said: “Just like many other high street businesses, fewer customers are choosing to visit our branches.

“Our branch network is an important way for us to support our customers, but we need to adapt to the significant growth in customers choosing to do most of their everyday banking online.”

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The bank said that customers were continuing to choose online and mobile banking more frequently than using a branch.

The group currently has 739 Lloyds branches, 553 Halifax branches and 184 Bank of Scotland sites.

Caren Evans, national officer for the union Unite, said: “Lloyds Banking Group must not be allowed to abandon 60 more local communities where bank branches play an essential role.

“The 124 employees who work tirelessly in their communities are dedicated to serving the banking needs of the most vulnerable who depend on their skilled services.

“When a bank branch closes, the heart of the local community is ripped out and the results are devastating. Unite is clear that simply leaving an ATM in place of a vibrant bank branch is wholly insufficient.

“The banking sector needs to answer some serious questions about its corporate social responsibilities and the Government cannot stand back and allow the relentless closure of banks to continue until no more local banking services remain.”

The news follows several other closures from the bank, which said in October it could close 48 sites, and announced 44 closures in June last year.

Here is a list of all sites due for closure, and the date they will shut.

Bank of Scotland

Aberdeen 201 Union Street – September 14

Alness – July 27

Brechin – August 2

Broxburn – August 9

Carluke – June 27

Clarkston – July 4

Dunblane – July 7

Dyce – July 5

Edinburgh Barnton – July 13

Edinburgh Shandwick – July 13

Forres – July 11

Glasgow Riddrie – August 9

Innerleithen – August 4

Kirkcudbright – August 3

Lockerbie – August 8

Selkirk – August 8

Shotts – August 15

Stromness – August 17

Troon – September 21

Halifax

Abingdon – June 29

Beaconsfield – July 28

Beccles – July 5

Belfast Shaftesbury – June 28

Bideford – July 6

Devizes – July 27

Doncaster Market Place – September 19

Dunstable – July 11

Finchley Central – July 12

Halifax Commercial Street – September 19

Margate – July 18

Morriston – July 18

Penge – August 10

Totton – July 19

Wokingham – July 20

Worcester Park – July 20

Yeadon – July 25

Lloyds Bank

Aylesbury Gatehouse – July 26

Beaconsfield – June 29

Birmingham Temple Row – September 15

Bolton Westhoughton – August 1

Bradford Thornbury – August 11

Buckingham – September 20

Chandlers Ford – June 30

Chipping Campden – August 10

Colchester St Johns – June 30

Cottingham – September 20

Edgbaston – September 21

Knutsford – July 6

Liverpool Woolton – July 7

Lyndhurst – July 14

Marlow – July 13

Morriston Swansea – August 4

Oxford Summertown – July 21

Poulton-le-Fylde – August 3

Rushden – June 28

Shanklin – July 26

Shrewsbury Mount Pleasant – July 28

Smethwick – August 11

Swanwick – July 21

Tiptree – July 25