As Budget Day draws ever closer, another area that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to make changes in is the government ’s Motability scheme.

Reeves is reportedly planning to cut £1 billion from the scheme in the highly-anticipated budget , coming just as it was announced that premium car brands like Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz will be removed from the scheme.

This is despite the fact that these premium cars come at no extra cost to the taxpayer , with disabled drivers footing the bill for the extra cost from their own pockets.

The premium brands also only account for around 40,000, or about 5 per cent, of the 800,000 Motability cars on British roads.

Reeves and Motability have said that the drop in premium car brands will make way for more British-made cars like Nissa

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