Age UK call for a meeting

As we end this first week we approach 75,000 signatures. As the 'media storm' subsides we move into the second week of our campaign. The message is clear from so many of your comments expressing our outrage at both Age UK and E.ON. Many of you would have heard the spokesperson from Age UK on radio 4 You and Yours. Age UK and E.ON have responded by 'suspending' their commercial association, but they continue to defend their position. The boss of Age UK says that they received 'typically' just £10 from each customer signing up to the Age UK tariff. A simple calculation shows this is not true. The accounts of UK Enterprise Ltd show they received £6.3 million from E.ON for signing up 152,000 customers. It is simple arithmetic. The average received was £41 per customer. Our petition will now be the focus of continued press and media interest. The people speak. I have been asked whether I worry about the damage this is doing to Age UK and the vital work they do. The answer is yea, of course. But it is not we who have done the damage. It is Age UK. We cannot turn a blind eye to a wrong simply because it is a charity. That would be a cover up, and there are far too many of those. This coming week I will be posting an open letter to the boss of E.ON UK asking for a meeting to discuss their response. According to one report Age UK Enterprise Boss Ian Foy has asked for a meeting with me. He has said: "We are trying to establish the basis of this customer's complaint. "We do not believe we have misled anyone who bought our products, and we warmly encourage Ray Noble to get in touch with us so that we can talk this over with him." We must keep up the pressure. Thank you all for your support.