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
Keith Swainson
Nikki Macdonald
Androulla Kyriacou
Paula
Nick Hart
Lenny Camilo
H Raja
Valerie Lock
Christopher Madin
Belinda Lawrence
Michelle Grayson
Jacqueline Tougher
Daryl Oakes
Sara Egozcue
Jane Chalmers
Mary Sapsford
Rosamund Dakin
Zahida
Kerry Candlish
Jen Coldwell
Katie Jelley
Allan Butcher
Robert Gordon
Alison Fydler
Stephen Shenton
Paula Harris
Janet Branch
Janet Haggis
Sophie Macken
Sandeep Khokhar
Catharine Craig
Radu Lucian
Judy Parry
Deborah Read
Keith Matthews
Ken Keable
Sim Fox
Andrew Calvert
Philip Waterson
Barry Morris
Po Clare
Sarah Becker
Mwaka Nachilongo
Fozia Ali
John Kelly
Lucinda Neall
Margaret Ridler
Fernanda Wagland
Julia Jaspert
Clare Louise Jones
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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?
