Overview
- The Greater London Authority's monitoring officer concluded on Thursday that no further action was needed because the complaint concerned Polanski's personal living arrangements rather than his official role.
- The probe followed formal complaints from Conservative Assembly member Neil Garratt and Labour MP Anna Turley asking City Hall to assess whether the Green leader breached the GLA Code of Conduct.
- Polanski told the investigator he believed mooring fees covered council tax, apologised for not checking the position sooner, denied any intention to evade tax, and pledged to pay any liability or donate an equivalent sum.
- The monitoring officer said there were no grounds to treat the matter as a criminal offence or to refer it to the police under the Local Government Finance Act.
- Waltham Forest Council is still taking legal advice on mooring and residence rules that determine whether a boat is liable for council tax, a technical distinction that can decide whether residents owe amounts reported by some analysts at roughly a few thousand pounds.