UKs seaside towns fear impact of ending coastguard callout payments

Coastguard agency to stop paying volunteers after court ruled they were classified as workersWhere would we be without them? said Ray Wicks of his local coastguard volunteers in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. If the coastguard werent in place, a lot of people would be in trouble.He was voicing the fears of some in coastal towns over the Maritime and Coastguard Agencys (MCA) decision to stop paying about £11 an hour for callouts, in response to a court ruling that the money was among the featur...