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
Teresa Allen
Nadeem
Julia Lawrence
Paul Fulton
George Murray
Stephanie West
Nida Hasan
Nicola Earle
Angela Porter
Mary Clinton
James Mcilravey
Andy Welling
Jacqui Divers
Daniel Stanton
Delphine Palmowski
Rebecca Heim
Maureen Laughton
Nina Moody
Donna Pickering
Martin Burgesss
Miss Zena Smith
Mrs Jane Garvey
Sally Hughes
Marek Liska
Alan Henery
Tracey Nuttall
Allison Mckenna
Fiona Mercer
Pauline Williamson
Donna Corbett
Gary Day
Deborah Owen
Karen Burrows
Janet Asker
Paul Crawford
Lindsay Ferguson
Lizzie Gee
M Green
Ian William Callan
Mafooz Ahmed
Zoe Lovatt
Julianna Katona
Michael Campbell
Anna Palumbo
Kate Whelan-Jones
Patricia Ribeiro
June Wigfall
Michael Clarke
Angela Chandler
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