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
Patricia Rock
David Williams
Amanda Slater
Vicki Warner
Charles Sparey
Heather Maguire
Malcolm Wallace
Mark Sharkey
Sarah Warren
Ruairí Corr
Luke Pochetty
Rachael Dean
Andrew Stone
Katherine Cohn
Annemarie Collins
Ben Parsad
Rhona Clews
Margaret Spratt
Rachel Cox
Mathew Collins
Colin James Powell
Nicky Catterwell
Eleanor Stourton
Christine
Alfred Whiteman
Jacqueline Mcmorine
Pauline Harris
Maxine Tyburski
Bing Sum Yeung
Larissa Hunter
Edward Thornton
Keith Berwick
Nigel Hutchins
Alan Martin
Naomi Canton
Emma Harrison
Chantal Hutchinson
Stephen
Katherine Atkinson
Janet Mower
Catherine Connolly
Pavlina Draganova
John Petrie
Elaine Mckenzieu
Trudi Gardnee
Sara D'Arcy
Debbie-Leigh Worthington
David Reed
Farooq Azam
Paul Travers
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