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It just flashed up on my news feed, if the Conservatives win the next election they want to cut back on who has a mobility car
Kemi Badenoch vows crackdown on subsidised cars for benefits claimants https://share.google/zQqlR39spX1er1r39
I think like with most of these there's a grain of truth in among the sensationalism.
I've noticed that you can get some quite expensive cars. What the article doesn't point out is you have to make quite a reasonable contribution to them.
Also just because a car retails for £50k doesn't mean it's worth that. Lots of electric £50k cars are heavily discounted and selling for £35k at the moment. Motability, with the volume of cars they order, probably get them even cheaper than that
All that said I was very surprised to see I could get a relatively fast car under Motability. I'm hugely grateful for my car, like many it's a lifeline, but I was shocked I could get the fastest model in the range. It's the same car so all the disability-related specs are the same, it's just faster, so why do I need it? I'm aware there are limitless types of disability so maybe that's unfair to say. Of course I chose the fastest one (and love it) so I'm a slight hypocrite but if I was only offered the basic model I'd still be more than grateful.
They have very little chance of winning a general election.
Surely PIP is assessed already and if the individual is found to have poor mobility to receive enhanced PIP “getting around” – they are entitled to use Motability ?
So Torys are planning on having another layer of assessments ?
They want us all to drive ….
Its already only for people with severe mobility problems, anyone who thinks e.g. 50m limitation isnt severe needs looking at.
These type of articles is why the press need regulating.
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