Pay for London transport bosses criticised

Transport for London bosses are involved in a "Fat Cats" salary row on a day big cuts were expected to be announced. TfL's annual report shows Transport Commissioner SirPeter Hendy was paid £650,352. 

The figure includes two annual bonuses deferred until after the Olympics. Sir Peter is one of sixTfL executives with pay cheques in excess of £300,000 ?

Also among the top earners, head of London Underground Mike Brown received £473,551and TfL's chief lawyer, Howard Carter was paid £368,375.

A further 300 TfL staff were paid more than £100,000. The bonuses were agreed by a Remuneration Committee chaired by TfL board member, Paralympian Baroness Tani Grey Thompson. She said: "The excellent management team and staff of TfL have really delivered." But London Assembly (Green Party member) Jenny Jones said: "We can’t afford not to reduce the pay gap in this divided city".

TfL is bracing itself for painful cuts to its budget when the Chancellor announces his Spending Review. The organisstion claims it needs to spend £1.8bn a year on a programme of vital transport improvements.

Projects thought to be at risk include the upgrade of the Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines and the Mayor's £900M  "cycling vision".

Bob Crow: TfL wages 'outrageous'

With transport taking a massive hit in the spending review, and with job cuts and fare increases looming large, it is outrageous that the top brass across TfL are raking in such huge bonuses.

Crossrail is paying out huge amounts in largesse for a project that hasn't even been completed yet while trade unionists have been blacklisted off the site for fighting for health and safety and decent working conditions.

RMT will take the 'loadsamoney' culture at the top into full account as we make our own pay claims.

Labour: TfL's bonuses 'shocking'

Responding to the publication of Transport for London’sAnnual Accounts, London Assembly Labour Group Transport Spokesperson, ValShawcross AM, said:

“TfL’s bonus pot of £2.5million will come as a surprise to Londoners who have been forced to pay through the nose just to get to work. We’ve had five years of inflation busting fare rises under Boris Johnson and now we find out that TfL has paid out huge bonuses. They may have been agreed by a committee but it is still shocking.