Six more metro mayors will receive transport investments:
The BBC also found a seller called UK Snack Supply advertising lollipops and crisps with no ingredient or allergen information.TikTok has deleted the adverts the BBC highlighted, but all three companies are still on TikTok Shop selling other products without providing full allergen information.
The BBC has approached all of these sellers for comment but could not independently verify that the sellers were all listed in the UK.However, allergy charities say regardless of where the firms are based more should be done to keep consumers safe.TikTok is a place where food trends go viral - from the pickle challenge which involved eating a hot pickle wrapped in a fruit roll-up - to
which sparked a shopping frenzy.And while users consume the videos TikTok has also become a platform to buy and sell a bite of the action.
Kate Lancaster's two children both have milk allergies and she regularly posts advice on TikTok as The Dairy Free Mum.
She thinks TikTok has a responsibility to ensure all products sold on its shopping platform meet safety and labelling standards.Conservative mayor of Tees Valley Ben Houchen said Labour's decision meant projects in his area had been delayed by a year which was "frustrating" but added that he was "absolutely delighted" the funding had now been given the go ahead.
North East Mayor Kim McGuinness said the £1.8bn funding for her area was a "game changer", while Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said the investment was a "massive vote of confidence in our region".Liberal Democrat Treasury spokeswoman Daisy Cooper warned the chancellor must now deliver, because "these communities have heard these same promises before, only to be left with phantom transport networks".
She added: "Extra investment in public transport must also focus on cutting fares for hard-pressed families being clobbered by a cost of living crisis."Zoe Billingham, head of the IPPR North think tank, welcomed the investment but said that while money had been provided to lay the tracks there was "still a question about the ongoing running costs" and the extent to which the new transport networks would pay for themselves.