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I know this town well it and many around it have lost their main industries and developed mini slums. Whilst there is money for training it’s aimed at low level manual style work. Even if you do manage an education jobs are scare and London/Manchester centric.
This place actually has a really nice beach and is located on a port. It has access to Northumberland and some nice spots in Durham, so it had potential.
The problem is lack of work and immigrants who are also out of work and have different ways of life are often placed there in high concentration. This then causes resentment. No job, no future and immigration seems threatening. This might not be what people want to hear but it’s the truth. Pride, is short and when it’s there it’s hijacked by chancers.
It was always gonna be this outcome. Pouring money to make it look good on the surface does not tackle the fundamentals. People want to work and have real pride in their local communities. Labour has actually perpetuated this cycle of dependency for a long time. And the tories don’t care of anything north.
Doesn’t help that these towns are located with regard to georgian and victorian industries, and people are unwilling to move to where the industries now are.
They can't afford to move to those places. My 3 bed house in a rural market town that is worth £150k would be worth three times what it is elsewhere where there's more industry and jobs.
When your family are all there it makes a tough decision. Plus house prices and poverty put you at a disadvantage moving to somewhere more prosperous.