They were promising parliament, just two or three months ago that they would not be lowering environmental protection standards and that is exactly what they are now doing with the announcement today. why should we believe any of the promises of rishi sunak and the government in the future about the environment? the government is struggling to meet its own target of 300,000 new homes per year in england. recently, it relaxed the rules around building in cities and now these changes which will affect more rural areas. but whilst most sides agree at westminster that new homes are needed, it is still a politically divisive issue. if parliament approves the change, the government claims building could start a new housing developments within months. in march 1980, 123 people died when a floating oil platform capsized off the norwegian coast. 23 of the workers were british. more than 110 years later, the families of those involved still don t know exactly what happened that night