{"id":236154,"date":"2025-04-17T21:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-to-face-first-major-test-at-the-ballot-box-in-runcorn\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T21:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:04:34","slug":"labour-to-face-first-major-test-at-the-ballot-box-in-runcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/labour-to-face-first-major-test-at-the-ballot-box-in-runcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour to face first major test at the ballot box in Runcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tqxiQxCJC24\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Labour to face first major test at the ballot box in Runcorn\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqxiQxCJC24\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In just two weeks time Labour will face their first major tests at the ballot box &#8211; including a key by election. Runcorn and Helsby should be a safe Labour seat, in an area the party has held for more than forty years. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>But since the resignation of former MP Mike Amesbury after he was convicted of assault for punching one of his constituents &#8211; Reform UK have ploughed all their efforts into the campaign, gunning for a major political upset.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just two weeks time Labour will face their first major tests at the ballot box &#8211; including a key by election. Runcorn and Helsby should be a safe Labour seat, in an area the party has held for more than forty years. (Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) But since the resignation of former MP Mike Amesbury after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":236155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-236154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labour to face first major test at the ballot box in Runcorn | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Labour to face first major test at the ballot box in Runcorn for free, here on News ISC. 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