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Green Party peer defends Zack Polanski not paying council tax | Politics Live

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The Green Party’s Baroness Jones has questioned whether Zack Polanski should pay back any money owing for council tax when he lived on a houseboat in East London.

Last week the party admitted its leader may have failed to pay the tax to Waltham Forest Council.

In a statement a spokesperson said Polanski had "taken steps to pay any council tax he may be found to owe".

Speaking to the BBC's Politics Live, Baroness Jones said: "I've lived on a houseboat in London and we didn't pay council tax."

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