Osborne promises to fund infrastructure, poaches Corbyn's policy

By Elizabeth Piper and William James MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will launch a programme on Monday to spur infrastructure investment in Britain, poaching the policy from the left-wing opposition to stake the government's claim to the centre ground. At the Conservative Party conference, Osborne will say the government will invest 5 billion pounds by 2020 and pool local government pension pots into six wealth funds worth 25 billion pounds each to inve