Another belly flop from Maria the Eagle...
Labour's beleaguered Transport shadow opined...
“Commuters
facing inflation-busting fare rises will be outraged at the scale of
the bonus packages being enjoyed by a few at the top of the rail
industry. This comes on top of the Tory-led Government cutting taxes for
the most well off while millions pay more.
“Ministers must
now act and make clear that bonuses on this scale are simply not
appropriate in a company that receives nearly four billion pounds of
taxpayers’ money every year."
Eye supposes it is just too much to ask for Maria to actually understand the industry that she mouths on about?
It is ORR that requires Network Rail to have a 'management incentive plan' (bonuses in Maria speak) not government!
And it will be remembered that ORR is not part of government - the clue is its role as an 'independent economic regulator'.
No matter.
Of course if we are looking round for someone to blame for NR's bonus culture perhaps we might focus on the party in government when the company was actually set up?
Not much from Maria on that one, eh!
