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
Sarah Hall
Jne Malcolm
Natasha Polomski
Lynne Patricia Smith
Liz Emsden
Janis Spurlock Stockland
Jocelyn Johnson
Paul Travers
Jane Carpenter
Thomas Mawson
Julie Nelthorpe
Mrs Elizabeth C Mcguffie
Sait Kivrak
Dorothy Young
Joe Hood
Mike Harrison
Gabriel Badarau
Marie Crick
Debbie Friedman
Ressen Mhangara
Arthurburquest Burquest
Gerald Fentler
Ajmal Ali
Jill Weston
Nicola Mchugh
Gordon Rowley
Chris Rees
Patrick Landy
Shirley Ellis
Helen Stangret
Margaret Kitson
Catherine Henchman
Hazel Thompson
Sinu Mathew
Denise Gleaves
Paul Heartfield
Suzanne Bennett
Helen Wilson
Jane Barratt
Phoebe. Grace
Jenny Wilkins
Jason Root
Ms J Glansford
A M Pope
Anne Cowley
Salma Ayaz
S Cooper
Carol Topping
Kyriaki Yiakoumetti
Rachel Horner
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