GST could still be scrapped, and so could the politicians who backed it - that was the message of an anti-goods and services tax rally held in the Royal Square yesterday.

GST starts today. Shop prices have been going up around the Island as Jersey wakes up to a 3% jump in the price of just about everything from milk to bread, from newspapers to cigarettes.

ISLAND businesses have been warned not to use GST as a chance to rip off customers.

BUSINESSES trading at midnight and into the early hours of the first day of GST will not have to charge the tax until they reopen later on 6 May.

ISLANDERS will not know how much GST they are paying when they go to the shops next week.

THE price of a pint could increase to almost £3 when GST is enforced next week.

MINISTERS are fighting a last-minute attempt to require shops to print the amount of GST on all till receipts.

WITH just over a week remaining until GST comes into force, Customs officials have warned that they do not have enough staff to cope with the new tax.

THE attitude of Ministers to spending is like 'a bunch of drunks with the keys to the wine cellar' according to the 'Seven Angry Men' pressure group, who are kick-starting their campaign to reduce spending in advance of this year's elections.

THE Jersey Evening Post will absorb the 3% GST instead of passing an increased cover price on to readers.