The Co-operative is set to offer legal services in all of its UK bank branches after being granted its alternative business structure (ABS) licence yesterday (28 March).

The Co-op’s legal arm, Co-operative Legal Services (CLS), has since last year been piloting a scheme to provide legal services in 30 bank branches, offering advice on wills, estate planning, probate and bereavement and funeral plans, and will now roll it out across the UK.