Newsletters From BTU
Hierarchy Of Privilege
It seems that Mr. Nunn is not as financially resilient as his staff because unlike everyone else in Lloyds he trousered a 20% pay increase in 2025 to £7,407,000 from £6,169,000. That included a 17% increase in his basic salary compared to the average increase of 5%...
Data Trawling Scandal Continues
This issue is not going away. Following the Union’s last Newsletter, the Times, Guardian and BBC published stories about Mr. Charlie Nunn’s recent ‘town hall’ events when he acknowledged staff were deeply concerned about the trawling of their personal bank accounts....
Charlie Throws Accord Under The Bus
At a recent Town Hall meeting Charlie Nunn, Group Chief Executive, was asked: “Given recent concerns about LBG’s use of colleague banking data during pay negotiations, how will you rebuild trust, what safeguards will ensure this can’t happen again, and why should...
Letter To MPs Regarding The Government’s Crime and Policing Bill
Helping Charlie Prosper!
We all know how expensive pets can be and members will have some sympathy with Mr. Nunn who recently announced he’d got a new black labrador. However, unlike Lloyds staff it’s been reported that Mr. Nunn is in line for a 45% increase to his maximum pay package from...
Information Commissioner Investigating Lloyds
The Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed in press briefings that following a complaint made by BTU it’s in discussions with Lloyds regarding the data trawl of 36,000 staff personal accounts last year. Members will recall the data trawl was used by Lloyds...
Born Yesterday!
In an article published just before Christmas, Accord said its pay deal with Lloyds was “the right call for members in grades A, B and C”. It said the data issue – the trawling of 36,000 personal current accounts by Lloyds – was separate from its decision to recommend...
Lloyds Data Trawling
Staff are still furious at the Bank’s decision to trawl through their personal accounts to justify its derisory pay offer for 2026 and 2027. We have produced two letters for members and their spouses/partners to send to Lloyds: Letter 1: The is for members to send to...
“Trust is fundamental to who we are” – Mr. Charlie Nunn, 6th November 2025
The Bank’s decision to trawl through staff accounts to justify its salary increases is fundamentally a question of trust. A big part of why trust has been lost is because Lloyds accessed staff accounts without the permission of the account holders. Whether the data...
The Plot Thickens?
The issue of staff accounts is not going to go away, however much Lloyds and Accord would like it to. In a new, shocking, development branch managers were told in call last week that any questions relating to the trawling of staff accounts should be directed to Accord...
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