Reclaim the Power activists have staged a love-in outside Cameron’s constituency office on 1st June 2015 at 11am, to protest against the control of British energy by the ‘Big 6’ companies.

Energy love-in staged outside David Cameron’s Constituency Office

Reclaim the Power activists have staged a love-in outside Cameron’s constituency office on 1st June 2015 at 11am, to protest against the control of British energy by the ‘Big 6’ companies.

The profit of the 6 biggest UK energy companies has increased tenfold between 2007 and 2013 [1], and they enjoy continued support from David Cameron and his new government. Meanwhile, as Brits face continuing economic hardship, the price of gas is estimated to rise by £250 per year over the next five years [2]. Last year 15,000 people died last year due to fuel poverty [3]. Energy companies have even been reported breaking into the homes of the poorest families in order to install expensive prepayment meters[4]. Despite Cameron’s professed support for renewable energy, the continued actions of the government and energy companies are putting the UK on track for continuing carbon emissions, propelling us towards destructive global climate change. The action takes place as part of the 2015 Reclaim The Power camp and ties in with a global day of action against the fossil fuel industry’s stranglehold on the Paris UN Climate talks, set to take place this December.

Ms Stacey from Reclaim the Power said: ‘The new Tory government are in bed with the fossil fuel industry. This continued cosying up with the ‘Big 6’ energy companies has got to stop. Corporations are raking in the profits from dirty energy, whilst Britain’s most vulnerable citizens are dying from fuel poverty, unable to heat and power their homes. Cameron claims to be a supporter of clean energy but his actions speak otherwise. If his government continue their support of the Big 6, they are putting the world on a fast track for destructive and irreversible climate change. People all over the world are building community-led renewable solutions to replace fossil fuels and its about time we got with the programme.’

big 6 cameron energy love in outide Camerons office

Notes to Editors

· Reclaim the Power is a grassroots direct action group that campaigns for social, economic and environmental justice. For more information visit www.reclaimthepower.org.uk or Facebook ‘No Dash for Gas’.

[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/11475989/Big-Six-energy-companies-profits-increased-tenfold-since-2007.html

[2] Fuel Poverty Action Report 2013 www.fpa.org.uk/report

[3] www.bbc.co.uk/news/gaspricessettorise250

[4] http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/simon-read-households-are-being-left-in-the-cold-by-prepayment-meters-9817524.html