I’m leaving the scheme altogether. I will have to give up work as i won’t be able to get there, but fuel and money saved on AP and the money from Pip will just cover the difference but it will cost me myself respect.
This really saddens me. The Motability scheme was set up to support people just like yourself, to enable you to lead as normal a life as possible and, wherever possible, remain in the workplace. The extortionate APs (on top of the already huge sacrifice of £13,000 benefits), added to the crippling 25p per mile surcharge for those doing over 10,000 miles a year (which many working people will do) is going to cause many others to have similar thoughts. Sadly, our current government seems utterly incapable of joined up thinking. I have lost count of the number of decisions where it is obvious to everyone, apart from them, that there will be second order consequences. For working disabled people to now feel that it’s better to lead a life on benefits, with the associated lack of self respect that you mention, rather than continuing to contribute to society is truly awful. Whilst all the adverse changes just announced won’t affect us, as we had decided to leave the scheme prior to the most recent announcements, I remain hopeful that the more that people highlight situations such as this Motability may reconsider the 25p per mile surcharge, which is so far out of line with the market it’s inexcusable.
Personally I am not so hopeful that enough people will be as concerned about the excess mileage surcharge
Simply because a small minority of private drivers exceed 10,000 miles annually compared to the general population.
I do expect going forward to hear louder voices when it comes to the VAT/Driving/ monitoring App
I am due to renew my lease in Sep and keeping in mind everyone has their own personal cut off point when it comes to scheme changes
My personal cut off points are VAT/Driving/ monitoring App which ever one meets me head on first
As of today my next lease remains unaffected by either but I will leave the scheme if/when either comes into play
So in 3yrs or less
Im off
Best wishes KingCardinal