The scandal-hit Motability scheme has cost the taxpayer nearly £275 million more since Labour took office. According to a written parliamentary answer to Helen Whately, the total value of benefits transferred to Motability from the DWP in 2024–2025 was £3.074 billion. In the previous financial year, the scheme cost £2.8 billion. That’s a 9.8% increase…
While Reeves is exploring cuts to £1 billion worth of exemptions to VAT and insurance taxation granted to cars under the scheme, that figure is set to be even less impressive now that the overall spending has actually gone up under Labour. Reeves isn’t looking to restrict eligibility for those with ‘tennis elbow’ taking free luxury cars either…
Speaking on the Labour chaos over the last few weeks, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told The Guardian:
“You call it a sh*tshow, I say it’s unforgivable…It does look to people outside that we’re more interested in ourselves and less interested in preventing chaos. […] We’ve not done enough, and this has got to be the moment of reckoning where we say not just what are we here for, but who are we here for?”