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.
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Lindsey Goodall
Sandra Keeley
Vladislava Vladova
Jill Davidson
David Stobie
Mr Dihlabelo E Moabi
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Tracey Featherstone
Wayne Ross
Mark Beynon
Ernie Davies
Jasonpaulbutler
Paul Chisnell
Martin Robert Kemp
Peter Reilly
Keith Gotts
Ian Jones
Sophie Hamilton
Wayne Saunders
Gemma Street
Abbas Guled
Graham Warwick
Selima Chaudhury
Richard Stevens
Roger Edwards
Mohammad Saflo
Alexandra Lloyd
Lisa Morley
Tony Stanton
Clare Brunt
Oliver Cant
Siobhan O'Neill
Pamela Grant
Daryl Oakes
Melisa Law
Angela Holleran
Nicola Earle
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Alexandra Mcdonough
Sheila Zietsman
Annemarie Shillito
Robert Thomas
Nigel Phillips
Fiona Campbell
Claire Moore
Grazia Alamanni Ruiz
Suzanne Clarke
Hayley Gibbons
Donna Rodgers
Sarah Mather
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