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
Cathy Green
Tim Crisp
M Thornton
Mary King
Steven Brown
Mrs Karen Dickinson
Andrew Newton
Charles Baird
Tracy Goodenough
Frederick Palme
Steve Fuller
Kat Brown
Saira Modak
Ann O'Connell
Janice Parker
Katrina Duncan
Lisa O’Regan
Mary South
Paul Hardman
Mohammed Yassar
Alex Maciver
Mrs Margaret Morris
Carl Marsh
Robert Blackmore
Heidi Ahsmann
Gamze Er
Rachael Rachael Jones
Manju Gregory
Josephine Lancaster
Julie Flanaghan
Richard Cannon
Leila Dunning
Stephen Williams
Jennie Pope
Lisa Berg
David Viner
Kaye Fraser
Lucy Cordell
Lynn Rhodes
Birgit Stevens
Jill Gough
Shaun Moore
Nicola Earle
Len Freeman
Louise Holyoake
Shelagh Lilian Putnam
Ken Law
Jenny Beeken
Sharon Clarke
Thu Chu
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