Coastal Communities

[steveL]

The UK's coastal communities are among the country's worst off for earnings, employment, health and education, a report for the BBC has found.

The Social Market Foundation said the economic gap between coastal and non-coastal places has grown. Average wages are £3,600 a year lower in these "pockets of deprivation", according to the think tank.

Meanwhile, the minister for coastal communities has announced £40m in funding to help coastal areas.
The report, produced for BBC Breakfast, found that five of the 10 local authorities in the UK with the highest unemployment rate for the three months to March 2017 were coastal.

These were Hartlepool, North Ayrshire, Torridge, Hastings, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
It also found those in employment in coastal areas were likely to be paid less.

Of the 98 local authorities on the coast, 85% had pay levels below the UK's average in 2016.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41141647

[Hartlepudlion]

Pay levels for the Council are agreed at national level so the pay level discrepancy doesn't apply. If fact Council and other public sector employees are relatively better off in Hartlepool and the North East because of the lower cost of living in these areas. Compare the cost of leaving here to say, York, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester and you'll see it's more expensive there than here yet the salary levels are the same for all public sector employees outside of London.

The only thing more expensive in Hartlepool is the Council Tax.

[marky]

Pay levels for the Council are agreed at national level so the pay level discrepancy doesn't apply. If fact Council and other public sector employees are relatively better off in Hartlepool and the North East because of the lower cost of living in these areas. Compare the cost of leaving here to say, York, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester and you'll see it's more expensive there than here yet the salary levels are the same for all public sector employees outside of London.

The only thing more expensive in Hartlepool is the Council Tax.

You've misread the BBC story. The reference to pay levels is a general population one and doesn't refer specifically to council workers. Plus, Hartlepool Borough Council operates its own 'living wage' strategy so those on the lower grades will be paid slightly more than national levels.