- Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been cleared of breaching the Greater London Authority (GLA) Code of Conduct over allegations of unpaid council tax for his houseboat .
- Polanski, a London Assembly member, explained he believed council tax fees were managed through the mooring fees he regularly paid for the boat.
- Concerns were raised by Conservative and Labour members regarding whether his houseboat was his primary residence and liable for council tax, prompting an investigation.
- The GLA monitoring officer ruled that Polanski's council tax position arose solely from his personal living arrangements and bore no sufficient link to his public role, thus falling outside the code's scope.
- Polanski apologised for an 'unintentional mistake' in not clarifying his council tax obligations, denying any intent to evade payment, and pledged to pay any outstanding amount or donate an equivalent sum to a homelessness charity.
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