This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Re-nationalise the supply of gas, electricity and water
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This is a petition to re-nationalise the supply of gas, electricity and water to consumers in the United Kingdom.
Energy privatisation was sold to the UK on the fundamental promise that competition would keep prices down. In fact the reverse has happened. The six main energy suppliers are are a de facto cartel.
Today many thousands of ordinary working class families have to make a decision to go hungry or cold or into debt in order to pay their energy bills.
The main reason energy companies are inflicting such excessive price increases is because the government does nothing to stop them. This is a national disgrace. It is immoral and indefensible that UK energy supply companies - most of which are foreign-owned – should be allowed to make such huge profits while condemning millions to despair and poverty.
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