{"id":232514,"date":"2025-04-04T21:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/local-elections-why-do-they-matter-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T21:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:04:59","slug":"local-elections-why-do-they-matter-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/local-elections-why-do-they-matter-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Local elections: Why do they matter? | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1DSb1ISedtg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Local elections: Why do they matter? | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1DSb1ISedtg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the local elections across much of the country on May 1, Professor Jane Green explains why they matter and how we should interpret the results. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the local elections across much of the country on May 1, Professor Jane Green explains why they matter and how we should interpret the results. \u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj \u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en Follow ITV News on Instagram: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":232515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-232514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Local elections: Why do they matter? | ITV News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Local elections: Why do they matter? | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. 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