8,011
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
Beryl Banks
Michelle Zini-Lopes
Stephanie Tailby
Jane Powell
Malcolm Adkins
Samuel Almond
William Chetter
Mr Michael Padfield
Janet Haggis
Lionel Hithersay
Kate Forrester
Vanessa Burrell
Christopher Anthony Rodwell
Richard Holder
Ian Davis
Garth Austin
Dan Wise
Paul Buchan
Antonio
Margaret Sutcliffe
Rich Lee
Natalie Otter
Keira Atkins
David Plewis
Robert Deamer
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Shelly Dumbell
John Oversby
Chris Ellis
David Macdonald
Kate Spiro
Lynda Gallagher
Daryl Oakes
Shamim Ahmed
James Newman
Peter Reynolds
Star Webb
Kalwinder Sangha
Ellen Ita Keown
Eileen Levine
David Nice
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Emma Grace
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Jennine Butler
Vlad Bancu
Katie Reddin-Clancy
Malcolm Shirley
Christina Yems
Sarah Tunnicliffe
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