{"id":340920,"date":"2026-05-05T21:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-spoke-to-the-scottish-voters-worst-hit-by-the-cost-of-living-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:00:25","slug":"we-spoke-to-the-scottish-voters-worst-hit-by-the-cost-of-living-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/we-spoke-to-the-scottish-voters-worst-hit-by-the-cost-of-living-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"We spoke to the Scottish voters worst hit by the cost of living crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/q0t8xEnkh9w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"We spoke to the Scottish voters worst hit by the cost of living crisis\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0t8xEnkh9w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Elections in Scotland, Wales and some English councils are almost upon us. <\/p>\n<p>Campaigning is reaching its peak ahead of the big vote on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In the highlands of Scotland, the universal issue of the cost of living crisis is made worse by the remoteness of many constituencies as well as the particular demands of farming.<\/p>\n<p>Vanessa Taaffe spoke to them about whether they still trust the SNP to run the country, and how optimistic they felt about the cost of living burden improving.<\/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>Elections in Scotland, Wales and some English councils are almost upon us. Campaigning is reaching its peak ahead of the big vote on Thursday. In the highlands of Scotland, the universal issue of the cost of living crisis is made worse by the remoteness of many constituencies as well as the particular demands of farming. 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