Jersey's politicians have rejected a proposition to make food and fuel exempt from goods and services tax (GST).

BBC: GST remains on food and fuel in Jersey

Known as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), it would replace a tangle of state levies with a single, national one.

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Senator Philip Ozouf said taking the Goods and Services Tax (GST) off healthy food was the wrong way to promote healthy lifestyles.

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Raising the goods and services tax (GST) in Jersey from 3% to 5% has caused people to spend less money, Jersey's Chamber of Commerce has said.

BBC: GST rise 'hitting Jersey shoppers'

The lack of economic debate may have been a relief to Mr Howard after his government's unpopular introduction of a "goods and services tax" (GST), similar to VAT was blamed for dampening the economy earlier this year.

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