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
Mark Malone
Patrick Attenborough
Wendy Middleton
Salma Ayaz
Christine Mcmanus
Amanda Pinner
Emma Page
Salma Sidat
Fiona Fitzgerald
Lisa Berg
Yvonne Bishop
Cathy Frobisher
Victoria Fockens
Michelle Smith
William David Logan
David Ceri Jones
Dr Norman Lockhart
Emma Collacott
Mohammed Ismail
Nita Nicholson
Angela Mcgarry
Maureen Baker
Jeanette Robson
Nick Winterbotham
Ruth Ledrans
Paul Green
Christine Tedham
Betsy Barker
Jade-Natasha Elizabeth Evans
Debbie Hartley
Maureen Kane
Lynn Spencer
Natasha Robbins
Vivienne Evans
Mohammad Afzal
Adam Emms
Mushtaq Hafejee
Satnam Singh
Marlene Henry
Valérie Sommes
Christine Binnie
Andy Mulholland
Celia Bailey
Christopher Nicholson
Deborah Barnett
Chris Lund
Tamale Faithful
Stephen Tomlin
Joan Porter
Anthony Royle
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