THOUSANDS of volunteer coastguards will no longer be paid for emergency callouts following a “cruel” move by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).Coastguard rescue officers carry out rescues and search for missing people around Britain’s coast, including Scotland, Wales and England’s south coast. They have always been given hourly remuneration for attending incidents and training exercises, but the MCA is now set to remove the payments.

THOUSANDS of volunteer coastguards will no longer be paid for emergency callouts following a “cruel” move by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).

Coastguard rescue officers carry out rescues and search for missing people around Britain’s coast, including Scotland, Wales and England’s south coast.

They have always been given hourly remuneration for attending incidents and training exercises, but the MCA is now set to remove the payments.

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