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STATES Members were still wrestling with whether to choose a payroll tax instead of a sales tax this morning after five hours of debate.

HEALTH president Senator Stuart Syvret has called for a formal inquiry to be established after accusations that he made ‘extreme, inaccurate and unhelpful’ comments during last year’s States Budget debate.

THE States have rejected a call to consider landfill as a way of disposing of the Island’s waste.

STATES Members should get a 2.5 per cent pay rise every year until 2008, according to the Remuneration Review Body.

SENATOR Stuart Syvret claims that moves to scrap next year’s census are a deliberate attempt to cover up a population explosion that will result from a new immigration policy.

A THIRD political party could be formed, if Senator Stuart Syvret fails to win an amendment on collective responsibility in the States next month.

THE Island’s biggest trades union has thrown its considerable weight behind the Jersey Democratic Alliance – a potential 5,000 votes in the Senatorial election.

THERE was standing room only in St John’s Parish Hall last night for the start of the Senatorial hustings.

EXEMPTIONS to the new goods and services tax are still being considered by Finance and Economics on the eve of next week’s States debate on Senator Stuart Syvret’s proposals that it should not be levied on food, medical supplies and other essentials.

OPPONENTS of the proposed Water Resources Law were warned last night to temper their stance or face being labelled enemies of the community.