Fears for Yorkshire jobs as bailed-out bank axes 2,600

The part-nationalised bank said it is to cut 2,600 jobs across Britain – 2,000 of which will go from the bank's insurance arm, home to many jobs in Yorkshire.

Nearly 4,000 people in the region work for the RBS insurance businesses, including Direct Line, Green Flag, Churchill and Privilege. They are based primarily at Pudsey, near Leeds, but also at Doncaster, Normanton, Barnsley and Leeds itself.

However, a spokesman said the bank has yet to decide where it will impose the cuts, leaving workers facing an anxious wait as bosses begin work on determining where the redundancies will fall. The remaining 600 jobs will be lost at RBS's retail banking headquarters which are in Edinburgh and London.