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
Linda Wallace
Ian Boddie
Lucy Foot
Tessa Caley
Fozia Ali
Mary Scholes
Irene Edwards
Tina Graham
Jaqueline Keogh
Rachel Jones
Jodie Parkin
Nick Crump
Bianca Young
Rhona Clews
Stuart Nowrie
Antonina Chiazza
Andrew Richardson
Lesley Pocock
John Hulme
Paul Travers
Wendy Jackson
Fred Walpole
Janet Simpson
Angela Gwatkin
Kevin Bennett
Liz Kellond
Michael Campbell
Lesley Armour
Barry Durdant-Hollamby
June Liveley
Thomas Mcintyre
Robert Mcconnochie
Maria Dolores Busuttil
Anne Burdus
Christian Owens
Martin Burgesss
Zulal Topcu
Monica Saunders
Katerina Hawkins
Julia Neale
Anna Bassett
Ignas Gasparavicius
Judith Cooper
Rae Andrzejewska
Michelle Smith
Sharon Dudley
Cheryl Greenfield-Bell
Eva Koch-Schulte
Flo Broxton
Jill Bush
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