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Originally Posted by dilli-theclaw
I believe it, I know several people who have lost their cars so I've no reason to assume Paralympians are any different.
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Indeed. Lots of disabled people are having their mobility component reduced or stopped, leading to many losing their Motability vehicle.
In some cases this has led to people having to give up work and/or becoming housebound.
Between 400 and 500 motability cars are said to be being taken away from disabled people every week.
It is estimated that 40% of people will lose their cars, down from 1 million to 600,000.
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Originally Posted by Kursk
Does reassessment include means-testing or is it a physical capability reassessment only?
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There were plans mooted to tax or means test the benefit, but thus far nothing concrete has surfaced.
They have basically changed the goalposts in order to justify these benefit cuts.
On DLA a 50 yard test was the norm, with PIP it's been reduced to 20 metres (nearly 22 yards), enabling the Government to say how they are rooting out people who shouldn't have ever been on the benefit.