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British Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Manchester and Liverpool and other urban transport updates plan to spend their plans for billions of pounds to a new railway as part of the next week’s government expenses.

Part of an investment of 113 billion pounds in capital projects in the rest of the parliament will be calculated as evidence that the chancellor is a strategy for increasing growth from London and southeast.

Reveves solved the oil budget department on Monday, according to government officials, on June 11, according to government officials, on Monday, government officials.

However, the ministry continues with the treasury Financing for other sensitive areas For example, housing, local governments, police and green power schemes.

Reives After rewriting the financial rules to allow more long-term capital investment, he promised to release more than 113 billion pounds for infrastructure projects.

Assessing the value of money for government projects is overhauled to provide additional weight to improving productivity in the territories, including the northern and midloms in the “green book”.

Among the projects that accepted the return, the mayors of the cities are a new railway line between Manchester and Liverpool.

The metro mayors are hoping for more ambitious local transport financing outlets than expected.

Local priorities include a new tram extension in Birmingham, plans to restore one of the most deprived communities of the city Birmingham City football club.

Local leaders in the north-east have long wanted to reopen the mothballed milk-airline, the West Yorkshire, the largest city area in Europe, is preparing plans for the mass transit network.

The government’s “Transportation” package includes the program-funded schemes in 2023 after passing the northern part of the HS2 high-speed railway line.

Sunak’s HS2 scheme was entered 12 billion pounds for better contact “Network Northern” project, financed by the deposit, Liverpool and Manchester.

A new railway line between Manchester and Liverpool, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the city’s subway mayors are expected to be supported for five people familiar with the lobbyist.

Since last summer, the ministers will result in a new line built in the phases for a firm commitment to their plans. As a result may also join instead of any future HS2 Sides north from Birmingham.

The scale of the Chancellor’s financial support for the idea from 2030 or 2040 to the 2040s, but a person who is familiar with the government’s thinking is more than financing the development.

The treasury was approached for comment. Reeves confirmed that the allies are preparing to announce basic capital investments in the transport, green energy circuits and other infrastructure projects.

The next week’s spending review, capital allocations for Whitehall departments for the next four years are three years with spending day by day.

Run-up, as Chancellor is fighting a fight, struggles between the treasury and ministers who lobbied for more generous settlements sluggish economyRestricting tax liabilities and crises in public services.

Regional leaders complained that the Green Book of the Treasury has invested in parts of the country, which is more southeast of the southeast, which is more southeast.

The new book will increase the growth of the revevence, which is aimed at expanding the implansion of the Heathrow and development between the regional concerns, mainly in the field of investment, regional concerns, mainly.