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The £8 Billion Disability Car Scheme Nobody Wants to Question

• via Adam Smith Institute

The £8 Billion Disability Car Scheme Nobody Wants to Question

Brand New Cars for Anxiety While Pensioners Freeze

The Adam Smith Institute's investigation into the Motability scheme uncovers a staggering £8.1 billion annual expenditure on brand-new cars for welfare claimants, far exceeding essential public services budgets. This exposé reveals how a program initially designed to assist wheelchair users has ballooned into an unaccountable monopoly, purchasing one in five new cars sold in Britain, while eligibility criteria have been drastically expanded to include conditions like anxiety and depression.

Labour's Welfare Betrayal: A Masterclass in Political Cowardice

• via The Independent

Labour's Welfare Betrayal: A Masterclass in Political Cowardice

How Labour's Two-Tier Welfare System Betrays Future Disabled People

Labour has engineered a welfare betrayal that perfectly exemplifies British political decay: faced with rebellion from 120 MPs over cuts to disability benefits, ministers created a two-tier system that protects existing claimants while slashing support for future disabled people by nearly 50%. This temporal discrimination ensures current voters keep their benefits while anyone requiring support after 2026 faces dramatically reduced payments—transforming the welfare state from social insurance into an electoral protection racket that sacrifices future claimants to preserve immediate political survival.

The Motability Machine: When Public Service Becomes Private Profit

• via The Spectator

The Motability Machine: When Public Service Becomes Private Profit

How a Disability Support Scheme Became a £14 Billion Car Leasing Empire

Lana Hempsall's investigation into Motability reveals a textbook case of institutional mission drift. What began as essential support for severely disabled individuals has morphed into Britain's largest vehicle leasing operation, operating under the protective umbrella of public benefit while generating substantial private returns.