Labour MP Neil Duncan-Jordan has called the government out for falsely saying that Motability changes won’t impact disabled people.
Duncan-Jordan has worked with Transport For All and 70 other disabled people’s organisations to prove that this is not true.
Neil Duncan-Jordan holds Labour to account again
The MP for Poole has a history of holding his own party’s government to account. In July 2025, Duncan-Jordan was one of four MPs who lost the whip for being a big catalyst in Labour MPs opposing the horrific benefits cuts.
Ministers said Motability changes wouldn’t impact disabled people.
Transport For All has compiled testimony from disabled people that calls this into question.
I’ve written to the Government with 70 organisations raising concerns.
Ministers must listen to disabled people.
The government announced cuts to Motability in the Autumn 2025 budget. What was abundantly clear from Reeves’ rhetoric around this was that Labour were pandering to Twitter right-wing gobshites.
Letter disproves lies about disabled people
Duncan-Jordan also shared the letter that he and the organisations have sent to the Minister for Disabled People, Stephen Timms. As well as requesting a meeting with the minister, he’s impressing on Timms just how important Motability is.
The letter says:
Motability is a vital scheme, and these cuts will create further barriers for disabled people, including those with long-term and progressive conditions, to access employment, education, medical appointments and to live independently.
The Government and Motability have repeatedly assured deaf and disabled people’s organisations, Parliament and the media that changes to the scheme – including the introduction of VAT on upfront/advanced payments, increased taxation on leases, and a narrowed vehicle selection – would not negatively affect users.
Transport for All has collated responses from disabled people sharing their fears. Duncan Jordan said in the letter that these ‘directly conflict’ with the narrative the government and media are spreading.
The letter said these include those who:
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Need a higher up car to see safely out of and drive. The removal of a specific model will mean these groups will pay a higher fee for a car that does not meet their access needs.
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Rely on their Motability cars to work, and who will now face the prospect of being unable to continue employment due to increased costs from VAT and higher insurance premiums.
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Fear they will be unable to afford the scheme and who cannot get a car that meets their needs due to the reduced vehicle choice.
Labour doesn’t care about working with disabled people
The letter also calls out the fact that there has been no consultation with disabled people or their organisations on these changes. They urge the government to fix that and, if changes must be made, to co-produce new policy alongside disabled people.
But as we’ve seen with the Timms Review, the DWP has a very different view of co-production – and it’s never authentic.
Speaking of the review, the letter also raises the issues that changes to PIP will mean for Motability users. Namely, that if the criteria are narrowed, many will lose their vital vehicles.
The letter ends with a powerful reminder of what the DWP’s aims should be:
Policy must be guided by genuine co-production with disabled people across all impairment groups and their organisations. This should start from the principle of enabling disabled people to live their lives, participate in wider society and for those who can and are able to work, to be supported to work.
Because whilst the Labour government pretend they are doing everything for the benefit of disabled people, their actions always say otherwise.
They might pretend to want to support disabled people into work. But their bullshit schemes, cutting Access to Work, and stopping us from getting to work with accessible vehicles tells us how much they actually care about disabled people.
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