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
Elizabeth Day
Karen Lewis
Caroline Bowen-Knox
Ann-Marie Ryan
Zaina Bielby
David Chambers
Jackie Mason
Brenda Mcghee
Sarah Howard
Jason Edwards
Greta Jensen
Owen Christie
Lynne Dean
Catherine Mcrorie
Bruce Howard Bayley
Andrew Hastings
Samantha Cooch
Barbara Grundy
Jill Kirk
Nikki Routley
Kathy Prydderch
Wilma Griffiths
Andy Davies
R.K Khan
Ms Gail Cartwright
Dawn Barnes
Jeanette Baker
Chris Kilby
Sarah Botting
Jaqueline Keogh
Andrew Dowson
Sara Ruggero
Vincent Ryszka
Danny Holness
David Tillson
Kirk Bell
Anne Mchale
Maura Huddleston
Christine Swift
Patricia Mcdowell
Rehana Shahzad
Rae Andrzejewska
Gillian Harris
Ken Pickup
Tracey Watterson
Shayne Brodie
Keith Bell
Janine
Sarah Bell
Kayleigh Mchugh
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