Rejected petition Petition for the Government to cap electricity and gas prices

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Governments in France, Germany and Spain cap their electricity and gas prices.

However in this country, the large energy firms are acting as a cartel and are increasing the prices to an unrealistic level compared to their profits and wholesale energy prices to subsidise their operations in other countries.

It has now reached a point where this affecting the most vulnerable in our society and is imposing massive costs onto people's day to day living costs.

This petition calls for the government to debate a cap similar to these other countries, break up the energy cartel and to stop the rampant profiteering by the big energy companies.

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Date submitted 5 August 2011
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