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 Webb
Louisa Spring
Jasbir Malhotra
Anne Sedgwick
Marlynne Whitehill
Gail Monahan
Jeanette Robson
Kirsty Jane Read
Rob Rob Moule
Michael Adkins
Gemma Long
Alyson Lloyd
David Gray
Emma Mckay
M Lawson
Claire Rouse
Shaun
Robert Thomas Bell
James Brian Mulholland
Sabidmajid Majid
Ken Law
Paddy Hepplewhite
Martin Paul Cloke
Jane Thurlow
Alyson Pendlebury
Nigel Bell
Steve Garfitt
Bilal Naeem
Peter Bisson
Jody Ciplinski
Elizabeth Pejs
G Carr
Adelina Chalmers
Sabina Franklyn
Bernie Woods
Jo Reay
Anne Cronin
Tracy Ward
Irene Berry
A Taylor
Cedric King
Rachel Jones
Kim Punter
Libby Scarlett
Andrea Edwards
Julia Neale
Marie Read
Ressen Mhangara
Jennifer Mccrossan
Paula Duncan
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