Network Rail: Justine Greening to 'vote against boss bonus' Miss Greening told the Sunday Politics programme on BBC One: "I'm going to go to the meeting next Friday, I'm going to vote against them." However, she added: "I won't be able to stop it from going through ... At the end of the day, their vote is only advisory." This will be the first time the Secretary of State for Transport has attended the meeting. The Department for Transport said it would send a "very clear signal" about the Government's opposition to such bonuses. Maria Eagle, the shadow transport secretary, said Miss Greening had more influence over the result than she claimed. Miss Eagle said: "Justine Greening is wrong to say that she cannot block these bonuses. Not only does the Secretary of State have a place on Network Rail's remuneration committee but she must give prior written agreement to any change to the incentive scheme for senior managers. The Department for Transport said Miss Greening was planning to set out reforms to gain more influence over pay at Network Rail in the next few weeks. Network Rail's proposed bonus scheme would cut the annual limit for the award for the chief executive from the 100 per cent, but longer term incentive payments would be increased. The decision on whether to pay the bonus and its size rests with the remuneration committee.