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
Mary Batstone
Lynne Chamberlain
Mike Boon
Catherine Cooper
Dan Wise
Tony Muir
Rebecca Whelan
Ian Preece
Christina Chincotta
Nicki Cartlidge
Siobhan Redmond
Jill Lucas
Louise Allcoat
Nicola Earle
Sandra Munday
Dyanne Bisson
Ian Snelson
David Lakin
Mehrunnissa Jumani
Peter Alan Brownjohn
Vanessa Gray
Flora Biyinzika
Pamela
Jean Charnock
Louise Rowlands
Suzanne
Neil Malone
Amanda Heywood
Barbara French French
Tracey Dow
Andrew Hungerford
John Grant
Lynne Tucker
Basia Grzybowska
Andy Ashmore
Sharon Irving
Mark Morley
Heather Beattie
Sylvia Cook
Chris Barella
Neil Haynes
Gareth Robson
Lee Frankland
Mark Sexton
John Tonks
Ralph Oldershaw
Sarita Bahl
Steven Kershaw
Nigel Hutchins
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