The government’s cuts to disability support are cruel, systemic, and devastating.
The Motability Scheme and the problem with 'savings' The Motability Scheme helps disabled people lease adapted vehicles using their mobility allowances. The governments proposals to extract savings from this scheme threaten mobility, independence and employment opportunities for people who rely on adapted vehicles.Cutting support here means forcing people to choose between mobility and other essentials, or losing access to adapted transport altogether. This is a choice that many cannot make without severe consequences for employment, healthcare access and dignity. How people get a mobility car and where the system fails Assessment and eligibility. People with qualifying mobility allowances such as the Mobility Component of Personal Independence Payment or Disability Living Allowance can apply to lease a vehicle through Motability. This begins with an assessment of eligibility for the allowance and then enrolment in the scheme. Bureaucracy and delays Assessments are lengthy and...