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
Stefan Marinov
Harrison Ford
Charlotte Friend
Alim Ali
Fran Rabin
Piper Aramaic
Beverley Humphreys
Arthur Croxford
Alison Jones
Alison White
Helena O'Shea
Joan Ward
Lee Bamford
D Williamson
Darren Fogarty
Stephen Parkes
Simon Briggs
Ibrahim Bulat
Robert Gibbs
Sadie Power
Sarah Botting
Abdul Asaf
Catherine Jones
Irene Mckeon
Keith Jobling
John Weston
Sandy Burrell
Celia Hutchinson
Adrian Smith
Amanda Vago
Stephen Williams
Rachel Leigh
Tom Norris
Seyed Javad Alavifard
Sabina Franklyn
Sandra Trout
Philip Tagg
Anthony Royle
Edith Bhatti
Sally Carr
Ann Elliott
Reginald Henry Pyne Obe
Lois Hopkins
Judith Hickson-Ridley
Lorraine Lowe
Paul Williamson
Mary Cook
Ruth Gailey
Stacey Williams
John Willis
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