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Mark Andrews: Free cars, a bad finger, and wait until the robots start rocking up in Calais

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06.07.2025

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

It might be time to start looking through the car brochures. I don't really need another car, I've already got four, but I think I might be entitled to another.

You see, earlier this week, I had a little accident. In the searing heatwave, I tried to open a large, plate-glass sliding window, which appeared to have seen better days. And no sooner had I lifted it up to get some air into the room, it came crashing down onto my fingers. The pain was momentarily horrendous, the blood-flow phenomenal, but a couple of bandages later, I put it to the back of my mind and carried on with my work.

Then this week it was revealed that the number of people qualifying for enhanced Personal Independence Payments - which include a free Motability car -........

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