Britain's biggest banks face further $29 billion misconduct bill -S&P

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Britain's biggest banks face another 19 billion pounds ($29 billion) of charges relating to past misconduct over the next two years, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said in a report on Monday.

S&P said Britain's banks and customer-owned lenders had incurred 48 billion pounds in conduct and litigation charges over the past five years.

Britain's four biggest banks -- Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) , HSBC , Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland -- accounted for 42 billion pounds of that total.

($1 = 0.6605 pounds) (Reporting by Matt Scuffham, editing by Sinead Cruise)