GRiD Budget Submission
GRiD has made a representation to HM Treasury for the upcoming budget on 11 March 2020. In summary, our submission: Focuses on 3 key changes which we believe are achievable Includes background information on the issues Includes suggestions on how the changes could be implemented simply and effectively The 3 key changes proposed cover: Excepted […]
GRiD’s response to the Government’s consultation “Health is everyone’s business, proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss”
GRiD has responded to the Department for Work and Pensions & Department of Health and Social Care consultation “Health is everyone’s business Proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss”. In summary, we are supportive of the ideas proposed in the consultation but our view is that they are unnecessarily limited in scope and we are […]
GRiD’s response to the Money & Pensions Service Listening Document
GRiD has responded to the Money & Pensions Service Listening Document. While GRiD is supportive of the intention of the Money & Pensions Service (MAPS) Listening Document to enable more working-age adults to manage their finances better through budgeting, saving and credit use, we also believe that the issue of financial protection is equally important […]
GRiD’s response to HM Treasury’s Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive Consultation
GRiD has responded to HM Treasury’s Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive Consultation. The majority of insured group life benefits are provided by discretionary trusts. In such cases, there are a number of checks that already take place throughout the life of the trust, including when benefits are paid. Proposals for such trusts seem […]
GRiD’s Response to HMRC’s Taxation of Trusts Consultation
GRiD has responded to HM Revenue & Customs’ The Taxation of Trusts: A Review consultation. GRiD is calling for the following simple changes (and has put forward the way in which legislation can be amended to achieve the changes): An exemption from potential entry, periodic and exit charges to IHT when the sole asset of a […]
GRiD’s response to the Law Commission’s Draft Insurable Interest Bill
Response by GRiD October 2018. This submission has been prepared by GRiD in response to the updated Draft Insurable Interest bill – June 2018… …We strongly support the Law Commission in its attempts to reform Insurable Interest legislation to ensure that barriers to market are removed. The existing legislation is outdated and does not reflect […]
GRiD’s response to the Money Advice Service Working-Age Money-Management Commissioning Plan
Response by GRiD July 2018. This submission has been prepared by GRiD in response to ‘Working-age money-management commissioning plan’… …Our response has been compiled from a working group drawn from a representative sample of our membership and reflects our combined views, although it may not represent the views of each member company. We have limited […]
GRiD’s response to the Office for Tax Simplification Inheritance Tax Review call for evidence
Response by GRiD 8 June 2018. This submission has been prepared by GRiD in response to the Office of Tax Simplification’s call for evidence about experiences and perceptions of Inheritance Tax. Our response has been compiled from a working group drawn from a representative sample of our membership and reflects our combined views, although it […]
GRiD’s response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS’s) Consultation on measures to increase transparency in the UK labour market
Response by GRiD May 2018. This submission has been prepared by GRiD in response to Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices – Consultation on measures to increase transparency in the UK labour market Our response has been compiled from a working group drawn from a representative sample of our membership and reflects […]
GRiD’s response to the FCA’s CP18/3 Consultation on SME access to the Financial Ombudsman Service and Feedback to DP15/7 SMEs as Users of Financial Services
Response by GRiD April 2018. This submission has been prepared by GRiD in response to CP18/3: Consultation on SME access to the Financial Ombudsman Service and Feedback to DP15/7: SMEs as Users of Financial Services Our response has been compiled from a working group drawn from a representative sample of our membership and reflects our […]
