Victory for Thames-side communities as Oceandiva party-boat plans scrapped
Plans for a 1,500 capacity party boat to operate on the Thames have been scrapped following community campaigns, objections and operational difficulties.

Plans for a 1,500 capacity party boat to operate on the Thames have been scrapped following community campaigns, objections and operational difficulties.
Cllr Darren Merrill has resigned as Southwark’s Cabinet Member for Council Homes and will be replaced by Cllr Sarah King.
• External peer review raises ‘concerns’ over ‘inconsistent’ engagement with residents. • Labour quietly introduce new £148k director position to deliver political aims of council whilst making…
Tenants of Wardroper House in Southwark have been struggling with dangerous damp and mould, leaks and ceiling collapses for years, despite the building only being 13 years old.
Liberal Democracy councillors in Southwark are calling on Labour councillors to join them in submitting a response to a government consultation on abortion clinic 'Safe Access Zones'.
Analysis by the Liberal Democrats has shown that Guy’s, St Thomas’, and King’s College Hospitals need a collective £426,656,645 to clear the repair backlogs of their hospitals.
The Department for Transport has announced a capital funding package for Transport for London of £250m over the next financial year.
This information comes as the council continues with its ‘Streets for People’ strategy, which aims to make Southwark’s public spaces more accessible and open to active travel.
With council housing in Southwark receiving record complaints, and its major works programme being mired in scandal, the Liberal Democrats are calling for the regulator to inspect Southwark as matter…
An FOI to the Metropolitan Police submitted by the Southwark Liberal Democrats has revealed that: