hello, i'm susie fowler—watt in great yarmouth for a look at coastal britain.coastal communities like great yarmouth face, and some of the creative solutions that are making an impact. but first, let's talk to our great yarmouth reporter, andrew turner. andrew, what do you think are the main issues facing the town? i think one of the biggest problems is the amount of spending money in great yarmouth. there is a lot of people here on low incomes, either low—paid or low skill jobs, or otherwise on universal credit and others benefits, which limits the amount of spending money they have. and although the borough council has done a lot of work with re—generations — they've got a master plan for the town centre, they want to increase trade on the seafront, and tourism as well, working with the private businesses here. but until there's more spending money, than that limits the growth potential for the businesses. and i think that's one of the priorities that needs to be tackled. increase the spending money to raise the gain of great yarmouth, then start bringing mor

hello, i'm susie fowler—watt in great yarmouth for a look at coastal britain.e next half hour, we will be looking at some of the particular problems that coastal communities like great yarmouth face, and some of the creative solutions that are making an impact. but first, let's talk to our great yarmouth reporter, andrew turner. andrew, what do you think are the main issues facing the town? i think one of the biggest problems is the amount of spending money in great yarmouth. there is a lot of people here on low incomes, either low—paid or low skill jobs, or otherwise on universal credit and other benefits, which limits the amount of spending money they have. and although the borough council has done a lot of work with re—generations — they've got a master plan for the town centre, they want to increase trade on the seafront, and tourism as well, working with the private businesses here. but until there's more spending money, then that limits the growth potential for the businesses. and i think that's one of the priorities that needs to be tackled. increase the

susie fowler—watt, presenter of bbc look east, is is there for us now.erly parts of great britain. ona the most easterly parts of great britain. on a hot summer‘s day, the beach behind me, the britannia p, the joy land an beach behind me, the britannia p, thejoy land an easement park would be buzzing with people, but these communities face real issues year round. the unemployment rate in the east of england is one of the lowest in the country, but in great yarmouth the unemployment rate is more than double the national average. one in ten people in great yarmouth and the surrounding area are on universal credit. that is the benefit that has been ruled out by the government, the all in one benefit, and great yarmouth is one of the first places to get universal credit, it has caused some real problems. people falling into arrears, with delays in payment and some landlords even saying they will not rent to people on universal credit. one primary school head teacher in the town has said her school has had to become the fourth emergency service to help famili