Thw latest possible attack on Mobility cars

Fuzzy200

If this artical is correct, then getting a Mobillity car is going to become a lot more expensive.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/reeves-plans-motability-scheme-shake-up-budget/

Andi66

She is taking it out on vunerable yet again, disabled, state pension. For her inability to calculate anything. Scrap the digital ID, for a start. Chagos Islands, other barm pot stuff. She be taxing us for air next

jonf

jonf

not sure how to add To my last picture. Maybe these things will be revived.

luvpink

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1076450#Comment_1076450

Nothing new then.

WhatThe

Removing the most expensive cars from the Motability range is hardly an "attack" on the disabled, is it? Savings have to be made somewhere..

WhatThe

That would mean a sharp rise in costs to supply mobility cars, with disabled drivers facing higher fees just to lease them. Reeves is also looking at narrowing the range of models available through the scheme.

The proposed changes would not affect anyone's current lease with Motability. That privilege rests with the DWP.

Removing Mercedes, Audi, BMW models from the scheme is not an "attack" on the disabled. I think there's a misconception that disabled people deserve the best of everything. They don't. People are objecting to the prospect of using second-hand Motability vehicles...well, I have never owned or even driven a new car!

Millions of families not on benefits can't afford to run a car or are forced into debt where there's no public transport. Millions of disabled claimants like myself have been denied their lawful benefits and forced to wait seven more years for a cushy State Pension. I do have extra costs associated with being disabled but none of the perks. I am glad for those who do get theirs but this is what they mean by levelling up.

onlymeagain

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1076504#Comment_1076504

I happen to have one of the more expensive vehicles available. It was not from choice. It was the only one available that met my needs and the only one Motability could offer me. So removing the most expensive vehicles is going to be an attack on (some) disabled people.

WhatThe

onlymeagain Online Community Member Posts: 245 Empowering7:55PM

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1076504#Comment_1076504

I happen to have one of the more expensive vehicles available. It was not from choice. It was the only one available that met my needs and the only one Motability could offer me. So removing the most expensive vehicles is going to be an attack on (some) disabled people.

But you won't lose it under these changes; it simply won't be an option for new applicants.

WhatThe

Theproposedchanges would not affect anyone's current lease with Motability. That privilege rests with the DWP.

The determination of who qualifies for high mobility rests with the DWP.

WhatThe

Thank you Bluebell! This is what I wrote …

I do have extra costs associated with being disabled but none of the perks.

I'm so sorry this came up 😔

onlymeagain

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1076803#Comment_1076803

It might not affect currently, but when my lease is up, what do I do then if this vehicle is no longer available? They should only remove vehicles if there are alternative vehicles offering the same.

WhatThe

I do have extra costs associated with being disabled but none of the perks (to help me meet those extra costs).

MW, "disability support" IS a perk and people should be used to austerity by now -we've had 15 years of it!

Millions of disabled claimants like myself no longer receive an incapacity award because of systemic maladministration at DWP. We know they plan to level up working-age benefits for ALL claimants and restrict disability premiums for under-22s. This a far bigger attack on disabled people imo. I am far more worried about the people who come after you and I are long gone!

Like the non-changes to PIP we agonised over, this feels like another distraction from the high speed UC train coming down the line.

WhatThe

WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 4,688 Championing9:04AM

I do have extra costs associated with being disabled but none of the perks (to help me meet those extra costs).

MW, "disability support" IS a perk and people should be used to austerity by now -we've had 15 years of it!

Millions of disabled claimants like myself no longer receive an incapacity award because of systemic maladministration at DWP. We know they plan to level up working-age benefits for ALL claimants and restrict disability premiums for under-22s. This a far bigger attack on disabled people imo. I am far more worried about the people who come after you and I are long gone!

Like the non-changes to PIP we agonised over, this feels like another distraction from the high speed UC train coming down the line

OverlyAnxious

"Motability is not a luxury. It is essential for those who cannot use public transport."

I wish the DWP understood that. I never could use public transport or taxis and was completely reliant on a very specific type of vehicle to drive myself to buy food and access basic healthcare. The DWP decided that I do not score any points for Mobility because I could still drive myself locally.

I have since lost the ability to drive altogether, partly because I couldn't access the type of vehicle I needed. I obviously still can't use public transport. That also means that I cannot buy food or collect prescriptions or access healthcare myself at all now. I am now reliant on one older family member, who lives 30+ minutes away, to do any tasks for me that require driving. Obviously they won't be around forever and I don't have any option for even getting food after they go.

The Motability scheme is not a fair scheme. Many on it do take advantage by choosing cars above their requirements that they would never have been able to justify at full price, even if they could afford them. And there are many others like myself who really need access the scheme but could not do so because of the very narrow minded nature of the PIP Mobility descriptors and the fact that Motability do not allow any manual applications to be made outside the PIP awards.

I can see both sides of the current argument. I do believe that luxury brands could be removed from the scheme without causing hardship to the majority of users. However, the problem I have with it is that they appear to be basing this on vehicle value. That is not fair on the people who need Motability the most, people needing WAV's. Obviously WAV's are very expensive, and they are also the main bulk of users who won't have any other transport options such as choosing smaller vehicles. Once again the government has found a reasonable way of saving a bit of money, but applied it in completely the wrong way!