And where do you think the allowance ultimately comes from? The magic money tree? No, like all benefits, it comes from the tax payer.
PIP/DLA is a welfare benifit we are entitled to, ultimately funded by the tax payer. Only 1/3 of claimants who get the mobility component choose to join the scheme, the other 2/3 apart from probably having more sense than us choose to do with the £265 as they wish, whether that is paying for taxi’s or buying private. The 1/3 that do choose join the scheme hand the (tax payers) money over a lease a car/wav. Motability make an awful lot of money from what is ultimately paid by the tax payer and have previously been investigated. The salary of the CEO is extortinate, offices are highly decorated and they donate £50m to causes not realated to the scheme or of no benifit to the taxpayer, when any spare cash should be going back into the scheme better or back to the tax payer. This is far more abuse than a named driver living at a seperate address than the claimant, using it to get back and forth work, as long as they assist the claimant in their spare time. Back to the use of black boxes (trackers) I for one would have no hesitation on leaving the scheme should motability ever become mandatory fitment. Not because I would abuse the system as any named drivers live at the property of the claimant. Simply I would not want my every movement tracked. Whether that is to prevent abuse of the few or for statistical purposes.
Absolutely kezo, 100% agree, be interested to see the next 6 months figures and see how much profit they made.
The pot has grown hugely since they was investigated. Seems though it’s alway the small guy who gets the finger pointed at them by the many not the big guys who run the even bigger racket?
Would not surprise me at all, if certain beneficiaries (external to the scheme) of money from profits from the scheme are conectable back to those that run the scheme in some way or their family, friends etc etc and maybe they’re on the board/s of those companies also. As it happens alot, it’s how they do it and hide it and profit from it, earning a salary or payment from them also.