A communications device for receiving data from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network including infrastructure equipment providing a wireless access interface for the communications device, the communications device comprising: a transmitter adapted to transmit signals to the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, a receiver adapted to receive signals from the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, and a controller for controlling the transmitter and the receiver to transmit and to receive the signals in accordance with the wireless access interface, the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resources within a system bandwidth providing a host frequency range of a host carrier, reserved communications resources for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices, the reserved communications resources forming a virtual carrier, and in each of a plurality of time divided units, a shared channel of the communications resources and a control channel formed within the communications resources of the system bandwidth of the host frequency range for communicating resource allocation messages to communications devices, the resource allocation messages for allocating the communications resources of the shared channel to the communication devices within the system bandwidth and for allocating communications resources of the reserved communications resources to the reduced capability devices, wherein the reserved communications resources include one or more communications resources which are not allocated for transmitting data to the reduced capability devices, and the controller is configured with the receiver to receive a resource allocation message from the control channel of the communications resources of the system bandwidth, allocating resources within the reserved communications resources of the virtual carrier for receiving data, to determine the communications resources of the reserved communications resources which will contain signals representing the data from the communications resources allocated within the reserved communications resources by the received resource allocation message and to exclude any of the one or more communications resources allocated by the resource allocation message which are not allocated for transmitting data to the reduced capability devices within the allocated communications resources, and to receive the data from the determined communications resources of the reserved communications resources of the virtual carrier. a transmitter adapted to transmit signals to the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, a receiver adapted to receive signals from the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, and a controller for controlling the transmitter and the receiver to transmit and to receive the signals in accordance with the wireless access interface, the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resources within a system bandwidth providing a host frequency range of a host carrier, reserved communications resources for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices, the reserved communications resources forming a virtual carrier, and in each of a plurality of time divided units, a shared channel of the communications resources and a control channel formed within the communications resources of the system bandwidth of the host frequency range for communicating resource allocation messages to communications devices, the resource allocation messages for allocating the communications resources of the shared channel to the communication devices within the system bandwidth and for allocating communications resources of the reserved communications resources to the reduced capability devices, wherein the reserved communications resources include one or more communications resources which are not allocated for transmitting data to the reduced capability devices, and the controller is configured with the receiver to receive a resource allocation message from the control channel of the communications resources of the system bandwidth, allocating resources within the reserved communications resources of the virtual carrier for receiving data, to determine the communications resources of the reserved communications resources which will contain signals representing the data from the communications resources allocated within the reserved communications resources by the received resource allocation message and to exclude any of the one or more communications resources allocated by the resource allocation message which are not allocated for transmitting data to the reduced capability devices within the allocated communications resources, and to receive the data from the determined communications resources of the reserved communications resources of the virtual carrier.