Lloyds' use of staff bank data during pay talks 'concerning'

Lloyds Banking Group used information from the personal bank accounts of more than 30,000 staff as part of its pay negotiations.The UK's biggest lender compared its employees' spending habits to the wider public to show if they weathered the cost-of-living crisis better.As it sets out plans for next year's pay deal, the banking group looked at that data, along with the saving rates and salary increases of its…