NORTH Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has reiterated her calls for more rural areas to benefit from fuel duty relief.

Ms Morgan called for rural fuel duty to be doubled to 10p and expanded to areas including Shropshire.

Her colleague Richard Foord, who was elected MP for Tiverton and Honiton at the recent by-election, tabled a motion which said that rural areas often pay significantly more than urban areas, more reliant on cars and the motion called for rural fuel duty to be doubled and expanded.

Ms Morgan criticised the Government for "not helping" people deal with the cost of fuel.

She said: "Petrol prices continue to go up and up and yet the Government has done nothing to help people in places like Shropshire with the cost of fuel and has watched on as public transport services get worse and worse.

"In North Shropshire the lack of infrastructure means a car is often the only way to get from A to B and people are now having to pay more than £100 to fill up their tanks.

"It’s not fair and once again it is rural people who are forgotten about by this Government.

"So it’s extremely welcome news, not just for Devon but for Shropshire and the country as a whole, that in Richard we have another hardworking MP who genuinely cares about rural areas.

"I urge other MPs in Shropshire to support the motion and do their bit to give people in rural areas the support they deserve."