8,012
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
Simon Browne
Nina Mcfadden
Anne-Marie Murphy
Janette Barr
Qaiser Malik
Andrea Mciver
Anna Blaj
Ian Mcpoland
Muhammad Anwer
Sharron Pillay
Darren Steer
Audrey
Patricia Burstow
Wendy Mclean
Mark Farmer
Catherine Mcfadden
Maria Yianni
Jonathan Stone
Adam Brum
Vicky Albiston
Carol Benjamin
Geoff Cowden
Andrew Robb
Chris Mcgrath
Elizabeth Knowlton
Jackie Kigwana
Esther Arens
William David Anthony Jones
Jai Simpson
Jacqui Divers
Jonathan Salt
Jennifer Riley
Sarah Gayle
Md Masuk Miah
Gil Sutherland
Brian Reid
M Green
Zarina Mistry
Kevin Royle
Sally Green
Jack Glover
Emma Verrilli
Mrs Marli Morland
Gary Gibson
Janet Haggis
Iwan Roderick
Chris Ellis
Alan Brunning
Gillian Birch
Eleanor Harper
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