{"id":339851,"date":"2026-05-01T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:00:15","slug":"britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gIjF5YMvTxw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gIjF5YMvTxw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>One week before the local elections, Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt returns to a community in North Shields living well beyond the bread line.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022 he spent weeks filming with residents who were feeling the very real effects of poverty in a cost of living crisis &#8211; from choosing not to make toast to keep the power bill down, to a freezing home with no heating and a newborn baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He revisits those he met back then and sees how they are feeling about how they have fared since under a Labour government.<\/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>One week before the local elections, Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt returns to a community in North Shields living well beyond the bread line. In 2022 he spent weeks filming with residents who were feeling the very real effects of poverty in a cost of living crisis &#8211; from choosing not to make toast to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[129671,129253,130027],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-339851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-before","tag-local","tag-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-01T11:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gIjF5YMvTxw\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T11:00:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-79.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Before\",\"local\",\"week\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/\",\"name\":\"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-79.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T11:00:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-79.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-79.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-05-01T11:00:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gIjF5YMvTxw\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour","datePublished":"2026-05-01T11:00:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/"},"wordCount":167,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-79.jpg","keywords":["Before","local","week"],"articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/","name":"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-79.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-01T11:00:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-79.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-79.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britons-trapped-in-poverty-tell-us-how-life-has-been-under-labour\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Britons trapped in poverty tell us how life has been under Labour"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339851"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=339851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}