Zack Polanski cleared over houseboat tax row

Polanski was registered to vote at an east London marina but was not paying council tax.

Zack Polanski cleared by ethics inquiry over council tax payment complaint

Labour and Tories claimed Green party leader breached London assembly ethics code over non-payment of tax Zack Polanski has been cleared by an ethics inquiry looking into complaints that he did not pay council tax while living on a houseboat. A report by the Greater London authority’s monitoring officer found that the circumstances of the Green party leader’s living arrangements were beyond its scope and he had therefore not breached the code of conduct for London assembly members. Continue ...

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Greens leader Zack Polanski cleared over London houseboat council tax row

Polanski explained in a witness statement published on Wednesday that he believed council tax fees were being managed through the mooring fees he regularly paid for the boat

By Mathilde Grandjean