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
John Holleran
Josephine Donnelley
Emma Noble
Rosemary Connelly
Michelectronic Bayer
Joyce Pitt
Ayallah Richards-Mitchell
Smith Jennifer
Lisa Johnson
Aliceevans Evans
Mike Hume
Philip Campbell
Marianne Fountain
Paula Hornblow
Emma Claxton
Loraine Cochrane
Brian Frederick Jerome Eadon
Imran Ali
Stephen Soper
Karenyarnell Yarnell
Marius Eugen Panescu
Anya Szreter
Selima Chaudhury
Catherine Harper
Donach Malachy
Stephen Connelly
Helen Dawah
Brenda Mcghee
Madeline Adams
Katrina Boyce
Soheila Olama
Nusrat Parveen
Ciara Maclaverty
Andrew Fraser
Jade Newbold
Dave Horton
Blake Robson
Irene Macdonald
Ashley C
Haji Momand
Nigel Warren
Leanne Hubbard
Joe Monks
Louise Scott
Sandra Boyle
Stephen Jason David
Tina Festus
Carole Kelly
Niki Panayi
Alice Mutasa
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