内容摘要：Billions of pounds of investment in transport infrastructure in England have been announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Billions of pounds of investment in transport infrastructure in England have been announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Trams form the backbone of the investment plans, with Greater Manchester getting £2.5bn to extend its network to Stockport and add stops in Bury, Manchester and Oldham, and the West Midlands getting £2.4bn to extend services from Birmingham city centre to the new sports quarter.There will also be £2.1bn to start building the West Yorkshire Mass Transit programme by 2028, and build new bus stations in Bradford and Wakefield.

Six more metro mayors will receive transport investments:The transport investment marks Reeves' first open move away from the stringent rules in the Treasury's, which is used by officials to calculate the value for money of major projects.

The book has been criticised for favouring London and the south-east.In a speech in Greater Manchester, the chancellor said that sticking to book's rules has meant "growth created in too few places, felt by too few people and wide gaps between regions, and between our cities and towns".

Changing the rules will also mean more money for areas of the North and Midlands, including the so-called "Red Wall", where Labour MPs face an electoral challenge from Reform UK.

Reeves is not the first chancellor to review the Treasury's investment rules; former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also reviewed the book as part of the Conservatives' Levelling up agenda.The snack giant also is behind Wheat Thins, Nutter Butter, Chips Ahoy!, and Ritz - all products the company accuses Aldi of copying with its "discount" versions.

Aldi US didn't respond to the BBC's request for comment, but its British counterpart stressed that it is not involved in the lawsuit.A spokesperson for Aldi UK told the BBC, that they are "under the same ownership but operate as completely separate businesses".

Mondelēz, which submitted the lawsuit in May, said it had reached out to Aldi several times about the "confusingly similar packaging".Although Aldi did discontinue or alter the packaging of some products, the supermarket has continued making "unacceptable copies", the lawsuit stated.