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
Jacqueline Tougher
Paul Hartles
Sandra Bonner
Christina Constantinou
Jill Lucas
Sandra Baker
Stephanie Free
Kay Patterson
Safiya Waley
J Chamberlain
Lyn Paul
Sue Garner
Joanne Woolley
Claire Buckley
Mr Dominic R Smith
Jeanette Anne Monson
Caroline Juler
Yago Moreno
Paul And Rosemary Taylor
Ann O'Connell
Kevin Mulhall
David Barron
Deborah Moggach
John Marsh
Virginia Cox
Anna Cornidj
Rebecca Whelan
Ndubuisi Echefu
K.T T.
Chris Readhead
Graham Woodward
Geraldine Harrison
Soren Kristensen
Mike Huddart
Sam Wockner
Allen Gordon Ault
Jane Edwards
Ana Maria Das Gupta
Peter Wragg
Mrs Carol Holmes
Amanda Ford
Jaqueline Keogh
Clarice Rachel Armory
Tracy Fletcher
Lauren Frearson
Vera O'Higgins
John White
Jacqui Divers
K.Z
Wayne Thornton
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