Transport department promises overhaul of bonus culture after Crossrail furore

By Jordan Marshall2019-10-03T05:00:00

Tottenham Court Road Crossrail Station - October-November update

Source: TfL

Move follows MPs’ criticism for railway handing payouts to executives ‘even as the programme was going off track’

The government has promised a revamp of the bonus culture at major public clients in the wake of the outcry sparked by the perks handed to Crossrail executives including former boss Andrew Wolstenholme.

In the summer, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) laid into the bonus culture on the job singling out the payments given to Wolstenholme who was handed bonuses totalling more than £640,000 between 2015 and 2017.

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