8,011
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
Amar Syed
Simon Gale
Samantha Malone
Naheed Aziz
Maria Margiotta
Basia Grzybowska
Clive Cobie
Gregory Allan
Mark Evans
Maura Flexer
Jacky Puzey
Sara Egozcue
Timothy Oscroft
Denis Moloney
Karen Roud
Kenneth Anthony
Lesley King
Nicola Earle
Alex Broadhead
Michael Ryan
Catherine Mcfadden
Di Williams
Charlotte Le Grys
Paul F Hoggarth
Gillian Slade
Cynthia Thomson
Heather Taylor
Kelyn Griffiths
Kevin Royle
Michael Blundred
John Langstaff
Kerry Coleman
Alan Coiley
Megan Smith
Richard Anderson
Niall Mcguiness
Christine Kinsey
John Pryor
Saira Modak
Danielle O'Keefe
Kathryn Scott
Samantha Cooch
Stephen Mclaren
Ahad Ali
Lynette Gilmore
Judith Perks
Nicola Daniels
Alison Morris
Val Butterfield
Lucinda Wakefield
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