Do you agree? Nobody expects the Liberal Democrats to win the general election – but they could hold the balance of power, and have detailed plans to change the country.
The Lib Dem manifesto: Time to save the NHS
Third party?: The Lib Dems are highly unlikely to win power, but they hope to be the third largest party. Glossary
Liberal Democrats - Also known as the Lib Dems, a liberal political party in the UK.
Manifesto - A statement published by a person or group of people, especially a political party, or a government, in which they say what their aims and policies are.
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.
Capital gains tax - Taxes people pay when they sell an asset such as stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, jewellery and real estate.
National insurance - In the UK, a tax on money you earn, either from your job or by being self-employed.
VAT - Short for value added tax. It is payable to the government by a business that sells an item. Essential items like food are zero-rated. Children’s clothes are also exceptions.
Rwanda - A country in the centre of Africa. At least 500,000 people were killed in the appalling genocide of 1994.
Asylum seekers - People who have left their countries due to danger and are seeking refuge elsewhere.
GPs - General Practitioners, a British term for doctors who work in the community to treat patients with minor illnesses and refer seriously ill people to hospital specialists.
Constitution - A document that sets out the fundamental rules according to which a country is governed, which are usually difficult to change.
House of Lords - In the UK, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament. It is made up of hereditary peers, the Lords Spiritual (bishops) and life peers.
Proportional representation - A voting system in which the winning party gets a proportion of parliamentary seats equal to its proportion of the vote.
EU - European Union. An economic and political union of 27 countries.
Single market - Also known as a common market. When a group of countries agree to remove trade barriers, so border regulations do not apply to goods travelling between the countries.
Tories - The Tory Party was the former name of the Conservative Party. The phrase is still used to refer to Conservatives.
Tax avoidance - When a person finds legal loopholes to avoid taxes/pay less tax. It is different to tax evasion, which is when someone does not pay taxes in an illegal way.