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
Ross Hampson
Anton Brookes
Christine Fellows
James Gill
Maria-Katharina Fortunato-Carpio
Colin Atkinson
Andrew Stone
Kelly Osborne
Josh Wood
Natasha Polomski
Gareth Robson
Louise Scott
Antonia Corr
Paul Hanson
Martin Wylie
Phil
Clare Kemper
Linda Wallace
Rebecca Hall
Samira Khan
JK Lovett
John Conroy
Anne Cowley
Dunc Gilmour
Raymond Deans
Bridget Ann Watters
Ann Chinery
Penny Muir
Ouafa Fhaili
Ida Fairbairn
Diane Jenkinson
Maria-Grace Latham
Sarah-Jane Andrews
Matthew Claridge
Alex Lines
Afsana Khanam
Nick Winterbotham
Janet Mower
Norman Jemison
John Neville
Simon Baghomian
Jade Newbold
Robert Huggett
Tessa Caley
Sharon Watson
Alison Barnes
Rob Davies
Michael Welsh
Neil John Price
Jim Rowe
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