Counting down to the Spending Review

On Thursday, I hosted BBC Look North's regional debate in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, which was held at Hull City Hall.

Research commissioned by the BBC and carried out by Experian revealed that Hull was the local authority area most vulnerable to the effects of spending cuts in our region. The district found to be most resilient was South Kesteven in Lincolnshire.

It seems that everyone has their own view on how best to tackle the deficit and we heard many opinions in the course of our TV debate.

Here's a taster of some of the emails we received from Look North viewers following the programme...

Lee from Spalding said: "The politicians can throw accusations and rhetoric around as much as they like, but the fact is that the banks owe the UK people, and paying the money back through lending is not the way to pay us back."

Dale from Grimsby said: "While the government are cutting funding to local authorities which is most likely going to result in people out of work, how are unemployed people supposed to spend money to help local business, especially if benefits are due to be cut?"

James from Hull said: "I know several who are on job seekers etc but work for cash in hand. Stop benefits altogether and make them all go out to work - the economy would soon recover."

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