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.
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Heather Cluney
Dejan Balorda
David Reed
Jose Alberto Gomes Dos Santos
Mark
Jennie Grierson
Dawn Lucas
Janet Hudson
Jane Hodkin
Hazel Pearce
Yasmin Mohoboob
Sue Gray
Margaret Clydesdale
Jeff Collins
Matthew Black
Kristina Arnaouti
Wendy Smith
Tracy Ward
Chantal Hutchinson
Zulma Wickenden
Niall Mcguiness
Alkis Pappas
Poury Sadigh
Emma Halls
Rachel Packer
Alex Mattson
June Sutherby
Kate Coulson
Ann Arthur
Douglas Langley
Barry Kent
Mussarat Ilyas
Karen Lewis
Sara Nightingale
Kaye Fraser
Rachel Louise Mccarron
Rosalind Brian
Sabina Franklyn
Tom Norris
Caroline Salmon
Delwar Hussain
Dr Shaefali Sarathy
Paul Dalling
Anita Gheyasvand
Scott Petrie
Patricia Mcdowell
Carol Mcpherson
Margaret Barclay
Darrel May
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