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
Willam David Francis
Lesley Jepps
Linda Taylor
Ashley C
Ian Shaw
Denise Warner
Andrew Atterbury
Vanessa Gray
Delphine Palmowski
Catherine Connolly
Steven Cross
Kathryn Summerfield
Susan Taylor
Keith Baker
Jacqueline Golden
Mandy Tucker
Lise Hertel
Jill Bowler
Christopher Lacey
Jamila Hanif
Mai Ramsay
Dawn Kelly
Heather Ball
Shahina Choudhury
Martin Wright
Charis Theou
Kerrie Duggan
Laura-Duthie Coupar
Yusef Saleh
Ruth Budd
Jen Monckton
Mandi Phillips
Muhammad Shafiq
Maxine Tyburski
Tracey Wadwell
Ann Weale
Elizabeth Gregory
Naomi Canton
Diane Isaac
Louise Mccafferty
Elaine Lyons
Julie Tyrrrell
Jagtar Giday
Patricia Campbell
Surendra Pattni
Alan Raymond Kelly
Andrea Willows
Michaela Costello
John Hughes
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