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
Ann Barker
Jo Flook
Benedict Siddle
Ann Edwards
Christopher Anthony Rodwell
Clare Kemper
Lisa Teversham
Bushra Muhammad Bashir
Viv Cecil
Ajmal Ali
Sandra Davies
Naomi Freeman
Alexandra Wieck
Iain Mackechnie
Jane Smith
Helen Scott
Jackie Morgans
Adam Holdsworrh
Irfan Maqbool
Laura Swaffield
Debbie Aki
Lucinda Hodges
Terry Burrells
Patrick Molloy
Mrs Margaret Morris
Ilias Khan
Robin Forrest
Claire Harper
Susan Court
Helen Cowie
Mr Daniel S Widdison
Charles Baird
Barry Morris
Gwen Constance
Ruth Lawton
Christine Bulley
Shirley Wright
Jacqui Jy
Diane Wallace
Suzanne Parkin
Angela Sarah Gill
Jennifer Butler
Kelli
Christine Ann Bullock
Morgan Riggs
Ann Eggleton
Joanne Redmonds
Gillian Birch
Abby Mason
Sheila Perry
Put an end to Shell making record profits while children shiver!
Next step - spread the word
Put an end to Shell making record profits while children shiver!
Put an end to Shell making record profits while children shiver!
Will you chip in?
The choices Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps make in the Autumn Budget could make or break things for millions of people this winter. Can you help this petition win by chipping in £8?
