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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 of...
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What happenedZack Polanski cleared by ethics inquiry over council tax payment complaint.
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Right / center-rightFury as Zack Polanski is cleared by London Assembly sleaze probe over council tax row on grounds he wasn't acting in a 'official...
Zack Polanski cleared by ethics inquiry over council tax payment complaint
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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...
Fury as Zack Polanski is cleared by London Assembly sleaze probe over council tax row on grounds he wasn't acting in a 'official capacity'
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The London Assembly investigation concluded that Mr Polanski's tax affairs did not 'fall within an official capacity and were therefore not regulated by the code'.
