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 Barnes
Katie Smith
John Nelson
Annmarie Champion
Iris Rickwood
Mohammad Saflo
Stuart Brown
Andrea Elliot
Wajid Muhammad Chughtai
Maggie Wright
Ghulam Murtaza
Donna Evans
Clare Kemper
Jane Maskell
Katherine Bolt
Mark Holman
Irene Campbell
Mike Ashworth
Dee Scheepers
Darren John
Mark Stanley
Christine Hines
Karin Ross
Sameen Rezvi
Abdul Kayum
Nathaniel Fisher
Helen Wallage
Jurate Ruzeliene
Emma Ormrod
Mohammed Yaseen
Ian Norris
Damien Williamson
Christian Uzoma
Stephanie Green
Nicky Hardy
Robert Donnan
Bex Hay
Alex Udakis
Sharon Trainer
Steve Wakley
James Hilton
Adrian Hughes
Rajarshi Raha
Gail Blakey
Sarah Multon
Nicky Prince
Seth Bracewell
Melissa Anderson
Sam Hopkins
Jeanette Champion
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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?
