Lloyds Banking Group will sell branches to Co-op Bank

14 December 2011 Last updated at 11:19 ET Help

Lloyds Banking Group has named the Co-operative Bank as its preferred choice to buy the 632 branches it is selling under European competition rules.

The taxpayer-backed bank will now enter into exclusive discussions with them.

Dominic Laurie told Radio 5 live's Richard Bacon what it meant for the customers who have accounts at those branches.

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