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Legal & General to cut 1,000 jobs by mid-2027

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What happened

Programme will initially involve voluntary redundancies in the UK but the insurance and pensions firm will consider mandatory job cuts depending on the take-up Legal & General plans to cut 1,000 jobs by the middle of next year, about a tenth of the B…

Key facts

  • Programme will initially involve voluntary redundancies in the UK but the insurance and pensions firm will consider mandatory job cuts depending on the take-up Legal & General plans to cut 1,000 jobs by the middle of next year, about a tenth of the B…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:51:35 UTC.

Why it matters

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