The six-kilometres finger of sand juts out into the Humber Estuary from the Holderness coast.

BBC: Spurn Point 'not disappearing'

For the residents of Skipsea, on the Holderness coast in the North East of England, coastal erosion is a fact of life.

BBC: Lost villages

Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart, who started the petition, said pressure needed to be applied in order to secure an affordable deal.

BBC: Flooded street at Burton Fleming

Graham Stuart, Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness, said the city's three Labour MPs and himself were "working together more effectively than we have in the past".

BBC: Alan Johnson