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
Christine Binnie
Lynne Patricia Smith
Nicola Bailey
Fiona Macey
Sarah Warren
Roy Elliott-Frogley
Modupe Oduola
Ian Gleed
Marcus Balsiger
Alison Mckelvie
David Chambers
Sandra Farnsworth
Stella Sherwood
Robert Mcconnochie
Jennifer Elizabeth Campbell-Klomps
Joel Williams
Annmarie Hatch
Valery Horridge
Sarah Burr
Karenyarnell Yarnell
Maureen Lawrence
David Dennis
Barry Metcalf
Prinka Gurung
Daniel Broom
Anna Blaj
Stephanie Wrightson
Zaina Bielby
Asma
Joanne Mcallister
Gary Gibson
Zaynab Patel
Robert Greenfield
Jonny Bosworth
David Johnson
Katherine Shelley
Gavin Kerr
Ann James
Steven Cross
Maria Mazzone
Rea Chandler
Sarah Mccaugherty
Bernard Orchard
Naheeda Khan
Emily Evans
Sarah Smith
David Nicol
Sue Baker
Darren Roberts
Jane Powell
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