8,012
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
George Robinson
Fiona Gair
Joyce Lubell
Bernie Leadbeater
Alan Cairns
Richard Ares
Catherine Evens
Pamela Bishop
Carol Mcpherson
Denise Elliott
Gytis
Jake Moreton
Michael B Goodrick
Christopher Lacey
Peter Haywood
Ildikó Kerek
Patricia Valerie Almond
Karen Horne
Wendy Ridley
Barbara Borts
Chris Ford
Helen Hawker
Katerina Hawkins
Linda Taylor
Carol Royle
Jacqueline Jackson
Seyed Javad Alavifard
Debbie Joy White
Thom Bleasdale
Svetlana
Cynthia Thomson
Christopher Saville
Ms Lysbeth S Black
Mandy Cleworth
Dorothy Wedge
Lisa Lund
Gill Osborne
Carolyn Church
Nazrul Islam Talukdar
Janet Mcnulty
Frank Mcentaggart
Evrard Missakidi
Teresa Rowe
Robert Woodland
Farzana Shaikh
Jo Rowkins
Pud
Mohamadrizwan Amodmuctar
Iga Kowalska-Owen
Donna Adams
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The choices Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps make in the Autumn Budget could make or break things for millions of people this winter. Can you help this petition win by chipping in £8?
