As part of a special bbc series exploring the challenges and the opportunities facing britains coastal towns. Hello, i am simon mccoy, here in penzance as part of a special bbc series looking at the challenges and opportunities facing britains coastal towns. New analysis from bbc news has shown that two thirds of coastal parliamentary constituencies have seen a real terms fall in wages since 2010. That means the average worker here in a seaside town like this is earning £1600 a year less than someone working inland. John kay has been to meet three generations of one family here in penzance to see what that means in practice. Just a mile from the beach, the treneere estate, one of the poorest parts of britain. The coram family wanted to show us how they get by. We survive, day by day. Dad mike is a full time security guard, and earns £18,000 per year. He is paid on a friday, and it is soon gone. By monday morning, i will be already into my overdraft. Thursday i could be asking my boss
At demonstrators marching in defiance of a police ban. And now on bbc news, simon mccoy reports from the cornish port of penzance as part of a special bbc series exploring the challenges and opportunities facing britains coastal towns. Hello, i am simon mccoy, here in penzance as part of a special bbc series looking at the challenges and opportunities facing britains coastal towns. New analysis from bbc news has shown that two thirds of coastal parliamentary constituencies have seen a real terms fall in wages since 2010. That means the average worker here in a seaside town like this is earning £1600 a year less than someone working inland. John kay has been to meet three generations of one family here in penzance to see what that means in practice. Just a mile from the beach, the treneere estate, one of the poorest parts of britain. The coram family wanted to show us how they get by. We survive, day by day. Dad mike is a full time security guard, and earns £18,000 per year. He is pai