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A financial regulator has been asked to investigate the conduct of the two companies responsible for Motability’s controversial Drive Smart programme, which caused panic and distress among many disabled customers before it was paused earlier this year. In May, Motability Operations […]
A “landmark” decision has forced a regulator to examine whether credit companies should be allowed to take disability benefits into account when calculating if disabled people can take out risky loans at high interest rates. The decision (see complaint 202500121) means […]
A disabled teenager killed himself on the same day that pay-day loans company Wonga cleared out his bank account, leaving him without a single penny to survive on. Kane Sparham-Price, who had “numerous problems including those connected with his mental health”, […]