SEVERN Bridge tolls will rise from January next year.

Cars will have to pay 10p more at £6.50 while small goods vehicles and small buses will pay an extra 30p at £13.10. Heavy goods vehicles and buses will pay an additional 40p at £19.60.

Severn River Crossing PLC, which owns the Severn Bridge and the Second Severn Crossing, increase tolls every January in line with the Retail Price Index.

Last week Welsh Assembly members called for the tolls to be scrapped or reduced when the bridges come into public ownership.

The Liberal Democrats vowed the get rid of the tolls if they are in government after the 2015 general election.