Statutory corporation or gravy train? Transport for London paid an astonishing 1,319 staff £100,000 or more in the last financial year, nearly twice the figure in the previous 12 months. The vast rise can be attributed to two years of bonuses being paid in arrears in a single year. Yet commuters — many of whom are certainly not raking in six figures — might hope that rather more cash would be reinvested into the capital’s transport network.
In particular, regular users of the heavily disrupted Central line could expect greater attention going into functioning motors or new carriages. Similarly, residents of west London have dreams of a fully operational Hammersmith Bridge.
