As new figures reveal that the number of TfL employees paid "off the books" to reduce tax has more than doubled in the last five years, Caroline Pidgeon has called on the Mayor to clamp down. The number of temporary employees at TfL paid via personal service companies reached 2,296 last December: nearly 400 were paid over £100,000 a year, and 20 received more than £150,000.
Caroline said:
“Four years ago Whitehall woke up to the fact it was rarely acceptable to let civil servants avoid tax and National Insurance through the use of personal service companies.
“In contrast, under Boris Johnson we have seen a rapid increase in numbers of TfL employees using off-payroll arrangements. That is shameful.”