8,012
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
Nick Hart
Clare Kistenmacher
Sue Platt
Nicola Halliday
Shannel Carnegie-Jones
Darren
Andrew Calvert
Colin Armstrong
Angela Lamb
Michael Beeby
Margaret Spencer
Paul Pennington
Anna Cornidj
Mandy-Jane Leigh
Claire King
Karen Dean
Elaine Surrey
Joanne Odriscoll
Brian Reid
Roland Mitchell
Elizabeth Day
Christine Ann Bullock
Jason Fielding
Stephanie Mccreadie
Zahreen Ahmad
Rohit Datt
Imelda Prescott
Christine Binnie
Prudence Lambert
Nicola Parker
Louise Kendrick
Amy Florence Lennox
Michael Ryan
Ross Hampson
Marcel Matis
David Penketh
Sylvia Jewell
Michelle Broomes-Mccollin
Frances Flood
Teresa Phillips
Andrew Bennett
Meshie Sandhu
Adeel Saleem
Svetlana
Lynda Mills-Ali
Julie Broomfield
Carol Purcell
Jan Sutton-Monks
Michael Carney
Nick Henry
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