Flight of the young and Mike Hill's opinion

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48995925

Mike Hill, the Labour MP for Hartlepool and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Coastal Communities, said coastal communities had not received enough investment from the government.

This meant they could not create new jobs that would keep young people living by the sea in the decades to come.

"In my town we've created high-skilled well-paid jobs in sectors such as wind energy and carbon capture technology," he said.

"But there is no getting away from it, these population projection figures are frightening, and without action could signal the death of some coastal towns.

"Government austerity and the underfunding of seaside towns is at the heart of the reason why these communities feel like they've been left behind."