Ending disabled benefits claimants’ access to luxury cars is a “missed opportunity” for a more radical shake-up of the Motability scheme, Rachel Reeves has been warned.

Matt Ryder, the former head of Motability policy at the Department for Work and Pensions, told The i Paper that the changes announced prior the Budget do not go far enough.

Motability Operations has announced that it will stop leasing high-end models such as BMWs, Audis and Mercedes “immediately”.

The company running the scheme has also agreed with the Government to make sure 50 per cent of its car fleet is British-built by 2035. New Feature

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However, Ryder, who was in charge of Motability policy at the DWP between 2015 and 2017, said the reforms do not amount to

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