Avanti West Coast was awarded millions of pounds worth of taxpayers' money in performance bonuses last year, new figures show.But the government handed the firm more than £6.5m in 2021 for "operational performance" and "customer experience".But Labour has called the payments a "scandalous" waste of taxpayers' funds.
It was rewarded for "operational performance, customer experience, financial performance and management fees". Services were cut from seven trains per hour to a minimum of four and ticket sales were suspended, blaming "severe staff shortages". "Rather than hold operators to account for shambolic performance, ministers are doling out taxpayer-funded bonuses," she said.
Because we live in a dictatorship where failure is handsomely rewarded by a corrupt regime..?
Why
I'd also like to receive bonuses for how crap I am at my job. Where can I apply?
Is this a joke?
When will the people start marching on parliament and put a stop to these obscene shithouses taking the piss out of everyone.
Privatise profits, nationalise costs. Great idea.
Being rewarded with our fucking money. Boils my blood!
What for an over priced poor service
It’s to expensive to travel on the train I feel sorry for the people who need to looks like manger’s get payed for failure
This when they say they don't have the money to pay staff a decent wage. This when they are destroying terms and Conditions of employees. Shame on them
russell_kane 😬
LucyGoBag At the same time as members the RMT have to strike to try and get a descent wage and conditions!
Do you think Richard Madeley will interview himself on this news...........
Thatll go straight to discount in Italy I bet
richardm56 piersmorgan maybe next time you think about attacking Mick Lynch (and failing miserably, btw) you'll think on this and realise why we are actually in support of him and the RMTunion
This is why Crosscountry has superior Class 221's
Basically paying the Exectives their £250k year wage which is stopping the railworkers (aka real workers) getting a decent, reflective payrise. They work through the pandemic when the government “find” cash for Track and Trace. But now need to get the money back EnoughIsEnough
joke
A really great example of just how messed up this country really is. What a joke.
Hopefully some good news for the poor shareholders. That money has to trickle down but nobody ever worries about those struggling at the top. 👏
What a joke. They provide a skeleton service and yet they get rewarded. Piss take.
That’s obscene.
RishiSunak more taxpayers money wasted, find a well and dive in
Coincidentally that's what they charge for an open return ticket
AndyBurnhamGM FFS
To be fair the bonus was in 2021 before this years Ffest
Par for the course in Tory Britain, useless privatised rail company run disastrous rail service & instead of losing their franchise get bonuses & top payments for their executives, directors & of course their Tory sponsors.
Well done guys. Well deserved. Shell send your congratulations
This government (which we haven’t event voted for) allows energy companies makes billions in profits, pays million bonuses to train operators, but, f..ing 19% wage increase for nurses is something they can’t afford. Our government is a scam 🤬
I feel sick. I've been overpaying this company for appalling service for years because I have no choice on that line. They'e laughing in our faces and the government pays them to do so. We need to take radical action to reclaim our trains.
Infuriating. This train line has caused me more misery in a couple of years than I can say. To the point that I will retire early just to avoid having to use them.
Haters in the comments just jealous because they can't run their rail franchise as well
Greed?
I feel like I’m going crazy with this ludicrous waste of tax payers money, who is here to stop this? How can this be stopped? Seriously?
🤣🤣🤣FFS
How long can the British taxpayer go on like this?
Mick Lynch and Eddie Dempsey are right this Government are Mugging us of.
Ay? What for? Pay. The. Strikers!
For what? They haven't actually been running any trains...
WTF
Unbelievable.
Awful company to travel with. The service has got worse, the journeys have got longer and they have put their rail fares up!! Unbelievable how they can get away with it.
Taking the p*ss
It does make one wonder whether people might think revolution is in order. Not me of course, but 'people'.
And where will.the money go,probably to the overpaid sleazebags at the top.
Give it all to the workers.
Unbelievable!
Service is pretty good I reckon on the whole.
MichaelPDeacon But they’e been running an emergency timetable for months, how did they win a bonus?
Hopefully pay it all back in fines for the crap service in 2022.
LOL
Fantastic news. Much deserved. I’m sure all the over worked employees are ecstatic
Does make you wonder just how bad does the service have to be before they receive no bonus …..
Was that for 2021 performance? If so complete the headline.🤷♂️
The worst service. They have not been running a full service for months. Not a patch on Virgin.
Rewarded for failure again?
At the expense and exploitation of employees and passengers. Appalling company offering a dreadful train service.
But the government handed the firm more than £6.5m in 2021 for 'operational performance' and 'customer experience'? WTF This is a private company....
WTAF 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤯
For what lol
Absolute joke of a company? Am I living in a parallel universe...
Oh man a live , thay are taking the actual 5 star **** right out of us you just couldn’t make this stuff up you just can’t.
Does that mean they will now pay their employees a decent wage…thought not.
Mmmm interesting.
That's what they charge for a return ticket from Manchester to London!!