8,013
of 20,000 signatures
To The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy companies are making huge profits and Shell has just announced three monthly profits of more than £8 billion. It is despicable that these companies then set their domestic energy prices at levels we, ordinary people, just cannot afford. It is ridiculous that our government does not do something to stop this.
If they kept our electricity and gas prices low, energy companies could still make great profits. The gap between our incomes and their profits is mind blowing. The hard and sad reality is that children really are suffering now and it will get worse as the weather gets colder. Imagine being a parent who really and truly has to choose between having the heating on and buying basic food for your family. Imagine knowing that if you don't pay, the bailiffs could come and take away your furniture. This is not a horror story. It's happening all over our country.
If they kept our electricity and gas prices low, energy companies could still make great profits. The gap between our incomes and their profits is mind blowing. The hard and sad reality is that children really are suffering now and it will get worse as the weather gets colder. Imagine being a parent who really and truly has to choose between having the heating on and buying basic food for your family. Imagine knowing that if you don't pay, the bailiffs could come and take away your furniture. This is not a horror story. It's happening all over our country.
Open letter text
The government must act to force energy companies to lower and keep domestic prices at an affordable level. They could do so much, but choose to do so little. They could easily pass a law to protect families, old people - all of us - from fuel poverty. It is immoral to allow energy companies to make such indecent profits while children suffer.
Signers list
Chris Fincham
Irena Fick
Jane Short
Clare Boitelle
Julie Bird
Alison Wearden
Andrew Cain
Macer A Lewis
Shannon Jade
Susan Creegan
Stephen Martin
Steve Adams
David Mead
Natasha Polomski
Hollie Sherrington
Robert Blackmore
Tracey Scott
Mike Wilcock
Leonardo Lopez Wain
Delphine Palmowski
Jan Crellin
Shereen Heward
Alan Langford
Lee Coulbeck
Federico Mangione
Gavin Cashman
Jennifer Elizabeth Campbell-Klomps
Margaret Boyle
Sean Hawkridge
Sarah Galliford
Jane Grisdale
Steve Craven
Tina Gale
Louise Fitzpatrick
Ian Tilley
Faiqa Sheraz
Bethan Wakefield-Coates
Anne Stubbs
Maksud Ali
Cheryl Greenwood
Karen Carrington
L Wells
Chris Kemp
Stephen Mclaren
Wayne Stokes
Christine Travis
Annmarie Hatch
Basem
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