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Oct 23, 2026
Leila ManionGUEST
It can help pay for, depending on how you're assessed, it can help pay for...
Leila ManionGUEST
Well, you can lease a Motability vehicle through it.
Leila ManionGUEST
So I drive a Motability vehicle.
Leila ManionGUEST
Takes up a good chunk of that benefit, so I don't see most of it.
Leila ManionGUEST
But that means I can have an element of independence driving, but you can't drive everywhere.
StuHOST
Yeah.
BradleyHOST
And then we a- we popped into the Motability, or the, uh, not Motability, the, uh, mobility, um, shop in Chelmsford the other day, um, to check something.
BradleyHOST
I was looking.
BradleyHOST
So a seat that I could use to transfer from a seat to the shower so I don't have to sit in the shower to dry, £95 for a bit of plastic.
Josh HolmesHOST
It, it, it actually is, like, high-end stuff too.
Josh HolmesHOST
At the dealership, some 60% of Ford, Fords and high-end electric cars are sold through what they call Motability.
Comfortably SmugHOST
[laughs]
Josh HolmesHOST
That's the program.
Josh HolmesHOST
Motability.
Comfortably SmugHOST
Uh-
Josh HolmesHOST
60%.
Toby PostonGUEST
So it's all the household names if you're renting a car from the airport, or you're renting a van for the weekend, or if you're a big company that's looking to roll out company car or salary sacrifice scheme.
Toby PostonGUEST
And then we also represent Motability, which provides hundreds of thousands of vehicles-
Stuart BowesHOST
Yeah
Toby PostonGUEST
... to people who get the, um, the mobility allowance from the, from the, from the government.
Jeremy KyleHOST
Two million, yeah
Thomas GodfreyGUEST
... are eligible, eligible For a taxpayer-funded car through the Motability scheme.
Thomas GodfreyGUEST
It's doubled since the pandemic, and the scheme's got about 900,000-
Jeremy KyleHOST
Is this Motability?
Thomas GodfreyGUEST
Motability.
Thomas GodfreyGUEST
Two million people are eligible to get on Motability, and a, a lot of those cases are mental health related.
Thomas GodfreyGUEST
I mean, it's a ludicrous situation.
Thomas GodfreyGUEST
A- a- and at the same time, we have a crisis among young people who are not in employment, education, or training.
David VanceHOST
To take home the equivalent after tax, someone in work would need a salary of around 33,000 a year.
David VanceHOST
So in total, the think tank says some 6.2 million full-time workers, full-time workers earn less than people on certain combinations of benefits, and 1.3 million people now receive income, health, and housing support, with many also entitled to Motability cars and council tax, uh, discounts.
David VanceHOST
This can't be right.
David VanceHOST
None of this is right.
Carl BenjaminHOST
Give me some free money.
Carl BenjaminHOST
I need a Motability car." They give away brand-new cars on the Motability scheme.
Carl BenjaminHOST
This is actually, it's, it's mad.
Carl BenjaminHOST
It's the most open and exploitable system that could be constructed.
Andrew GriffithGUEST
It's only in SW1 and maybe the media that people get reticent about reforming welfare.
Andrew GriffithGUEST
Ordinary people who are getting up, doing two, sometimes three jobs, both parents working to try and make ends meet, uh, they fully understand that there are people out there with their new Motability car, uh, and who are not putting in the hours and not even trying hard to look for a job.
Andrew GriffithGUEST
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Tim StanleyHOST
To go back to Camilla's question, though, about which voters you're targeting, I have felt this is a conference that could win you, say, Chelsea and Fulham, but I just wanna check what you stand for for poorer voters.
Firas MadadHOST
And they might get that as a way of increasing their own pay because it makes you eligible for benefits.
Firas MadadHOST
And if you have that disability registered for a child, you can get help with moving around with Motability.
Firas MadadHOST
And you could get a spanking new car if you want to, but if not, you'll just get a bit of extra money every week.
Carl BenjaminHOST
Couldn't afford to buy myself a new car, but I'd like the government to give me one.
Andrew GriffithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Both parents are working when maybe they'd prefer not to, to bring in a standard of living to afford to keep a roof over their head.
Andrew GriffithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And they do see perhaps their neighbour, they've got a shiny Motability car on their drive.
Andrew GriffithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So, you know, people sometimes characterise these as hard choices.
Andrew GriffithSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's a sort of very Westminster bubble view.
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