Article Source Daily Mail

Cars such as BMWs and Mercedes are leased to disabled people from Motability Operation, who provide them with a new car every three years exempt from road tax and VAT.

Those who qualify for help from the Government with getting around can receive a benefit of £51.40 a week, which many use to lease vehicles from a not-for-profit company.

But increasing numbers of friends and relatives of disabled people qualifying for the scheme are abusing the system by driving the cars for their own benefit.
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