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
Mary Guggenheim
Laura Hopkins
Kenneth Anthony
Margaret Farren
Rob Jarvis
Matt Stannard
Christian Uzoma
Nicola De Gouveia
Nusrat Parveen
Nick Thompson
Clare Dainty
Ann Neath
Fiona Spiers
Jen Monckton
Charlene Dobson
Peter Herbert
Mr. Donald Frederick Clift
Rachel Cox
Joe Craig
Donna Birkett
Judith Jaafar
Anne Cronin
Susi Arnott
Leila Smith
Christopher Todd Jones
Kim Peto
Jamie Allen
Patricia Campbell
Kalwinder Sangha
Sandi Arno
Basia Grzybowska
June Sutherby
Mohammedali Ameripour
Min Kennion
Iain Mackechnie
Karen Merrigan
Sharon Watson
Leona Graham
Jonathan Maytham
Laura Dale
Michael Burton
Suzanne Clarke
Vanessa Sells
Neil Pinnock
Caroline Walker
Steven Hutchinson
Laurence Green
Colin Peach
Sherrin Buddle
Daryl Oakes
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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?
