00:00We want to get a grip, or we want the government to get a grip, on the spending on motability.
00:04Those are the cars that are given to people with disabilities.
00:07A scheme that was originally set out for people with severe disabilities
00:10to be able to get around and get around with dignity.
00:14But the scheme has gone completely out of control.
00:16It cost £3 billion last year.
00:19And to bring that to life, around a third of new cars that were sold in Wales last year
00:26were motability cars.
00:27There's around a quarter of new cars in London, around a quarter of cars in the north-east of England.
00:33So this is at a huge scale.
00:35And people feel it's really unfair.
00:37You've got people who can't afford to get a car themselves,
00:40looking down the road at their neighbours, are going,
00:42hold on, I'm paying for that car.
00:44And it's no longer just being available for people with serious disabilities.
00:48We've got a tennis elbow, acne, or for instance neurodiversity like ADHD
00:52as reasons that you can get a car.
00:54This scheme is simply not working.
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