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
Yvonne Christie
Ian R Izzard
Katherine Rae
Paul Fulton
Robert Stoggles
Adam Holdsworrh
Nigel Steggel
Ms S Murgraff
Mike Hume
Chris Geddes
Alison Armour
Darren Spurdens
Valerie Harris
L A jones
Sally Green
Liz Saxby
Freda Gould
Mary Fitton
Zillah Ashworth
Graham Warwick
Marianna Mignani
Alison Ashford
Peter Willis
Steven Hendry
Jane Davies
David Kingsbury
Donna Pickering
Jane Collinge
Manon Eames
Claudette Worters
Dave Helliar
Michelle Leary
Carla Bennett
Karen Dickinson
Edward O'Toole
Paul Winter
Michael Paglia
Karen Mccoll
Nubia Cabrera Ortega
Corinne Mummery
Madhveen Sagoo
Pat Cunningham
Ferdouse Rahman
Juliet Beavis
Lisa O’Regan
Christine Bray
Anthony Sheridan
Joan Ward
Jennifer Bastin
Claire-Marie Agius
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