Matthew Taylor, Lib Dem MP for Truro and Falmouth, is one of seven Lib Dems standing down at the coming election. After more than two decades in Parliament, he’s been considering what to do next – and now we know at least part of the answer, courtesy of The Western Morning News:
A CORNISH MP and critic of unfair water charging has been made a non-executive director of South West Water. Matthew Taylor, who is standing down at the next election after 23 years as the Liberal Democrat MP for Truro and St Austell, has been a vocal critic of the high water bills paid by Westcountry residents.
But it was announced yesterday the MP – who only last summer said there needed to be “radical change to give new help to those struggling to pay high water bills” – has joined the company’s board. …
“I think in the early days after privatisation there were a number of water companies where the regulators allowed shareholders to make a lot of money,” Mr Taylor told the Western Morning News. “Those days are long gone.
“The problem for South West Water customers has been that the system has not delivered them a fair share of the costs of the national clean-up.”
Mr Taylor, who has also been appointed as chairman of the National Housing Federation, said the next Government would have to respond to the Walker Review into water charging, adding: “I hope that I can help South West Water to get the best possible deal for South West Water customers.”
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