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MP Proposes Invacar to Replace Luxury Cars in Motability Scheme

10/30/2025

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Lee Anderson, Reform UK MP, called Motability scheme an "absolute scandal" and proposed reinstating the 1960s Invacar microcar instead of funding luxury cars such as BMWs and Mercedes.
He notes one in five new cars being Motability vehicles.
Motability Foundation's executive said the Invacar was phased out for safety reasons.
Reform UK plans to tighten disability benefit criteria to save £9 billion by 2030, after Rachel Reeves' attempts to limit access.

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Lee Anderson, Reform UK MP, called Motability scheme an "absolute scandal" and proposed reinstating the 1960s Invacar microcar instead of funding luxury cars such as BMWs and Mercedes.
He notes one in five new cars being Motability vehicles.
Motability Foundation's executive said the Invacar was phased out for safety reasons.
Reform UK plans to tighten disability benefit criteria to save £9 billion by 2030, after Rachel Reeves' attempts to limit access.