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
Denise Morrison
Lynn Robertson
Richard Young
Sharon Harrison
Teresa Groom
Mary Sapsford
Sally Green
Gail Barnes
Monika Kahiluoto
James Hilton
Jacqueline Rotherham
Terry Ryan
Sam Wockner
Jan Unsworth
Janis Raishbrook
Isabelle Wise
Trudy Reid
Trevor Thwaites
Miriam Wisdom
Laura Price
Kathryn Lane
Jonathan Masters
Pauline Haigh
Steve Marsden
Maria Crane
Andy Hill
Jeannine Baker
Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Steve [email protected]
Erica Baccus
Gary Day
Paula F
Jane Fox
John Alastair Pole
Luke Pochetty
Eileen Hallam
Karina Sher
Michael Atkinson
Marilyn Beattie
Maura Huddleston
Iffat Iqbal
Colm
Anne Smith
Frank
Malcolm Shirley
Raymond Cordell
David Williams
Sharon Lord
Sandra Christine Birch
Peter Stauvers
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