ZACK Polanski has issued a grovelling apology after admitting he may have underpaid council tax.
The leader was repeatedly questioned over whether a house boat moored in London was his primary residence and has now admitted to underpaying.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has admitted to underpaying council tax Credit: PA
A spokesperson for the party said it was an ‘unintentional mistake’ from the chief Credit: PA
A spokesperson for the party said it was an “unintentional mistake” and that Mr Polanski had “immediately taken steps” to pay any tax owed.
They added: “Until relatively recently, Zack was living on a houseboat, which came with its own unique practical circumstances and considerations.
“He has immediately taken steps to pay any he may be found to owe. Zack apologises sincerely for the unintentional mistake.”
This latest mistake from Mr Polanski comes after he falsely claimed to be a a spokesperson for the Red Cross and to have worked at the Ministry of Justice.
The Green Party previously told The Times that Mr Polanski rented a room at another address where council tax was included in the rent and only stayed on the boat “occasionally”.
Government guidance states that a person may be liable for council tax on a boat if it is their “sole or main” residence.
A spokesperson said: “For security reasons, we do not comment publicly on Zack’s address.
“There have recently been two serious incidents which have been reported to the and are under .”
The Times last week reported seeing an advertisement for the sale of the boat in which Mr Polanski’s partner wrote: “We are moving to a house and so will sadly be leaving the gorgeous community behind.”
The Daily Mail separately reported that Mr Polanski was registered to vote at a building near the marina, which he is also said to have used as a mailing address.
Tax lawyer Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, analysed Mr Polanski’s situation this week and wrote: “If the boat was in fact Mr Polanski’s ‘sole or main residence’ then he and/or his partner should have registered for, and paid, council tax for those three years.”
This comes after the party leader reportedly
Mr Polanski boasted on his campaign website that he was “currently working at the on their training & diversity programmes”.
But the MoJ has no record of the party chief ever being employed by the department.
When asked about the claim, a spokesman for Mr Polanski said he had worked for the “justice assessment committee”, which he described as “a programme to improve the diversity of justice appointments based in the MOJ”.
No such committee exists, with the only known public reference to a “justice assessment committee” appearing to be a comment made by Mr Polanski during a City Hall meeting in 2024.
His team admitted to the Telegraph he had actually been hired through an agency supplying actors for courtroom role-play exercises linked to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Just last week, Mr Polanski’s claims he worked for the British Red Cross were disputed by the humanitarian organisation itself.
The denied he acted as a spokesman, despite the leader claiming this on his personal website and donation pages for a number of years.
His party claimed he had made the assertion after hosting a series of fundraisers for the charity.
But Mr Polanski today admitted he was wrong, telling the BBC: “I used the wrong word, and I accept that”.
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