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
Gina Bennett
Ian W Thomson
Tony Stanton
Pam Moore
Paul King
Lionel Hithersay
Mushtaq Hafejee
Kym Eley
Rose Sangare
J Ross
Kalsoom Bibi Khan
Lucy Foot
Susan Dennison
L Wilson
Kathy Harrison
Jonathan Polkest
Farhiyo
Sarah Thomas
Robert Wilson
Matthew Black
Ann Smith
Jade Newbold
Francis Meynell
Stephen Swayze
Brian Greatorex
Philip Campbell
Pauline Holian
Tim Wishart
Siovhan Sands
Susan Geggan
Katherine Mackintosh
Daniel Bancroft
Paula Seara Terry
Allan Todd
Ann Griffin
Rabia Amir
Gamze Er
Charles Batten
Daryl Mears
Joyce Pitt
Ghislaine N Morgan
Niall Buggy
David Biles
Christina Mullen
Steven Cross
Susan Henry
Linda Knight
Jeanette Despard
Jane Collinge
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