Lloyds Banking Group, produced by the merger of Lloyds TSB and the Halifax banking group HBOS, is the biggest ever UK bank. The combined group, with around 145,000 staff and 3,000 branches, will control around a third of UK's mortgages and a quarter of all savings. The government owns 43.4% of Lloyds Banking Group, 36% are owned by Lloyds TSB shareholders and 20% by HBOS shareholders.