Motability Operations

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June 14, 2018 0

Motability calls police about disabled woman who failed to return car

A disabled woman who refused to return her Motability car after she lost her eligibility for disability benefits was threatened with arrest by police officers after the company reported the vehicle as stolen. Mary Jenkins* was approached by two police officers in the middle of a supermarket carpark on the Isle of Wight on

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May 24, 2018 0

Motability faces calls to increase grants or cut prices after MPs’ fierce criticism

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Disabled activists have told Motability it would be “obscene” not to expand a fund that provides grants to customers with high support needs, after an inquiry heavily criticised the decision to pay the executive running the car scheme £1.7 million. A report by the work and pensions and Treasury select committees says the £1.7

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March 8, 2018 0

Motability ‘tit for tat’ row intensifies as bosses and minister give evidence

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The public “tit for tat” row between the government and Motability has intensified after senior figures in the organisation and the minister for disabled people gave evidence to MPs. The Treasury and work and pensions select committees are holding a joint inquiry following political and media criticism of how the car scheme for disabled

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February 22, 2018 0

Tory peer attacks McVey over ‘litany of inaccuracies’ on Motability

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A Tory peer has accused work and pensions secretary Esther McVey of making a series of untrue statements about the Motability car scheme to fellow MPs. Lord Sterling, who co-founded Motability in 1977, has told McVey in a letter that he found the “litany of inaccuracies” in the comments made by her and fellow

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September 14, 2017 0

Motability’s tyre policy ‘risks safety of customers’

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The Motability car scheme has been accused of risking the safety of its disabled customers, by refusing to replace their tyres until they are only just above the legal minimum tread depth. Disabled campaigner Ian Jones, one of the founders of the WOW petition, said that the position of Motability Operations contradicts the advice

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November 28, 2014 0

Motability rule change ‘discriminates against drivers with high support needs’

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New rules introduced secretly by the Motability car scheme mean only disabled people who spend more than 12 hours-a-week in education, work, volunteering or caring will be given grants to lease a vehicle they can drive from their wheelchair. The Specialised Vehicles Fund (SVF) is run by Motability on behalf of the government, and

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Motability calls police about disabled woman who failed to return car

Motability faces calls to increase grants or cut prices after MPs’ fierce criticism

Motability ‘tit for tat’ row intensifies as bosses and minister give evidence

Tory peer attacks McVey over ‘litany of inaccuracies’ on Motability

Motability’s tyre policy ‘risks safety of customers’

Motability rule change ‘discriminates against drivers with high support needs’