{"id":339201,"date":"2026-04-29T21:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-watched-english-party-leaders-try-to-win-local-election-votes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:00:30","slug":"we-watched-english-party-leaders-try-to-win-local-election-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-watched-english-party-leaders-try-to-win-local-election-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"We watched English party leaders try to win local election votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/nkj_AJf1d_E\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"We watched English party leaders try to win local election votes\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkj_AJf1d_E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>ITV News has been out on the campaign trail ahead of England&#8217;s local elections.<\/p>\n<p>We joined the leaders of Reform UK, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives, as well as Labour&#8217;s deputy leader and an independent candidate.<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to know how they&#8217;re convincing some voters, and why they haven&#8217;t been able to win over others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/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>Follow 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 X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV News has been out on the campaign trail ahead of England&#8217;s local elections. 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