Seriously: Why are car companies not lobbying the government over the number of people losing Motability eligibility? #DLA #wrb
— Lisa Egan (@lisybabe) January 19, 2012
I got a couple of replies:
@lisybabe perhaps they don't know about how PIP is going to reduce numbers on eligible Enahnced Mobility #DLA #WRB
— M Thomson Fibromite (@Fibromitesunite) January 19, 2012
@lisybabe Because, I assume, they don't realise how bad it might be.
— Robin (@queerpup) January 19, 2012
So then I asked:
Next question then: How do we get car companies lobbying the government over the number of people losing Motability eligibility? #DLA #wrb
— Lisa Egan (@lisybabe) January 19, 2012
And got these replies:
@lisybabe Do they even know it is happening?
— Tentacle Sixteen (@latentexistence) January 19, 2012
@lisybabe first step would be getting a breakdown of payments from motability to car companies - find out the biggest likely losers?
— dog in a sink (@doginasink) January 19, 2012
@lisybabe Start writing to them. Point out that you are a Motability customer, and under Govt changes you will lose that, as will X000 other
— Robin (@queerpup) January 19, 2012
@lisybabe Someone at Motability must have thought about this. Perhaps worth contacting them.
— Tentacle Sixteen (@latentexistence) January 19, 2012
@lisybabeThe car dealers are going to be quite pissed off when they realise exactly how much (cont) tl.gd/fe2b7u
— Carole(@robomam) January 19, 2012
The government only care about business and profits, not people. They're not listening to the human case for not taking benefits, so I think we need to try another tack: The business case. As I understand it; Motability was effectively the only thing that stopped the car industry from caving in.
I have no contacts within the car industry, I know nothing about business lobbying. I'm worse than useless at motivating people to do stuff. I have zero ideas about how we get the car business to speak up. All I do know is that while the government won't listen to disabled people, they will listen to the concerns of their big business buddies. So I'm throwing this idea out there as a possible avenue for a plan of attack we haven't exploited yet.
Would Motability be subject to FOI requests - given that they're using public funds (DLA money) - in spite of the fact that they're a charity?
ReplyDeleteIf they are, perhaps a FOI request asking for a breakdown of how much cash goes to each car manufacturer or leasing company would point you in the right direction. A breakdown by car make and model would be better still, to give the manufacturers some detail they could get their teeth into.
Hmmm I remember doing a person search about the top execs in tthe motability group and discovered some odd connections - I think, but not sure (memory awful) that oneof them was in insurance, and one of the insurance companies that have met with government about welfare reform...
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Are we absolutely sure that only people on 'enhanced' mobility will be eligible? It's such an incredible re-design of eligibility that I've wondered whether 'standard' mobility will be eligible too. I can't find any reference to Motability in the PIP documents.
ReplyDelete£19.55 a week isn't going to pay for a car...
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