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The Great Motability Rip-Off
Disabled people deserve more than what Motability has done for them, writes BERNADETTE HORTON
People gather in Westminster Hall during an event to mark the three millionth Motability vehicle
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
THE bloated face of capitalism has reared its ugly head with frankly astonishing facts about Motability — the taxpayer-funded scheme allowing people with disabilities to lease a car, a wheelchair accessible vehicle, a scooter or a powered wheelchair according to individual needs over a three-year period.
This scheme is an absolute lifeline for disabled people.
Its bottom line is allowing disabled people to have a stake in society, a means to get to work, a way to get disabled children into school, a day trip further afield, a holiday, trips to and from the shops in town and a way to be independent moving around your own home.
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