'I’m willing to take the fight to Labour in 2025' - North Shropshire MP sets out key ambitions for year ahead
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan says she is "more determined than ever" to deliver for her constituency this year.
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Setting out her key ambitions for 2025, Mrs Morgan has criticised the Government and their decision to scrap winter fuel payments and plans to change the inheritance tax on agricultural assets.
After a 2024 that saw the Liberal Democrat MP re-elected with 15,000 votes and appointed as the Liberal Democrats’ Health spokesperson, the North Shropshire MP said she is determined to keep pressing for progress on the issues that matter most to constituents.
Mrs Morgan claimed that people in rural Shropshire have been feeling "increasingly let down" by the Labour Government and said she wants to "take the fight" to Labour.
The North Shropshire MP added that the negative impacts of the Budget are making themselves "very clear in rural communities".
Mrs Morgan said British farmers are set to be "hit hard" by planned tax changes, that pensioners have "suffered" with the loss of winter fuel payments, local councils are struggling to deliver services, and that there has been "little progress" in fixing problems within the health and care service.
The MP said: "As we move into 2025, I’m more determined than ever to deliver for North Shropshire. This is a wonderful part of the world to represent, and I’m proud to fight for our rural communities, market towns, and hard-working families.
"The last Conservative Government took our area for granted, but people feel just as let down by Labour.
"They are hitting rural communities where it hurts on winter fuel and family farms, and aren’t delivering the urgent improvements we need to see in our health and care service - we’ve got to fix the foundations, not just throw money at the problem.
"I’m more than willing to take the fight to Labour in 2025. They need to be held to account over broken promises, and we need to see real results for local people.
"Regardless of which party is in charge, I'll always stand up for our special part of Shropshire in Parliament and hold Ministers' feet to the fire when it comes to the services people here deserve to see."
