Daily Express: Rail boss wants £336k bonus after apology for girls’ death
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said the company had a “terrible track record” in managing the rail infrastructure.
“It’s simply unbelievable that bosses have the gall to demand six-figure bonuses in the same week they’ve had to apologise over the deaths of two teenagers,” he said.
“Commuters who have to endure daily delays thanks to mismanagement will wonder how bad things have to get for Sir David Higgins to forgo the bonus on top of his salary.” Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said: “They are planning to pay themselves more public money for failing to run the railway on time.”
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