"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line: Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me!" The words of the ABBA song boomed out at the launch of the Liberal DemocratsAlso known as the Lib Dems, a liberal political party in the UK. ' manifestoA 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.. Here are their top plans for what they would do if they won the general electionIn the UK, when an election is held for all 650 members of the House of Commons. One must take place every five years. :

In the headlines. The Lib Dems plan to raise an extra £5.2bn for the NHSThe National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948. by increasing Capital Gains TaxTaxes people pay when they sell an asset such as stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, jewellery and real estate. . Some of this would be used to give free social care to everyone in England.  

Economy. No increase in income tax, national insuranceIn the UK, a tax on money you earn, either from your job or by being self-employed. or VATShort 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., but new taxes on banks, fossil fuelFossil fuels, including coal, crude oil and natural gas, are made from decomposing plants and other organisms. The non-renewable fuels are burned for energy, emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. companies and aviationAir travel.. Government spending to increase by nearly £27bn a year by 2029.

Education. Free school meals for all primary-school pupils. Extra tutoring for children from poor families. Spending on each student to increase by more than inflationAn increase in the price of goods in an economy. .  

Immigration. No aim to cut numbers. The RwandaA country in the centre of Africa. At least 500,000 people were killed in the appalling genocide of 1994. scheme, a plan to send asylum seekersPeople who have left their countries due to danger and are seeking refuge elsewhere. to the African country, would be scrapped.

Health and social care. 8,000 more GPsGeneral 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. in England, free social care and more mental health support. Most cancer patients to begin treatment within 62 days.

Society. Introduce a written constitutionA document that sets out the fundamental rules according to which a country is governed, which are usually difficult to change. and reform the House of LordsIn the UK, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament. It is made up of hereditary peers, the Lords Spiritual (bishops) and life peers. . Bring in proportional representationA voting system in which the winning party gets a proportion of parliamentary seats equal to its proportion of the vote. and give a vote to 16 and 17-year-olds. Remove recently introduced limits on the right to protest.

Do you agree?

Yes! More money needs to be spent on healthcare - and that is one of the Lib Dems' key promises. The best ideas do not always belong to big parties.

No! They hope to raise at least £7bn by stopping tax avoidanceWhen 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. - £2bn more than other parties - which is madly optimisticHopeful and positive. .  

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.

General election - In the UK, when an election is held for all 650 members of the House of Commons. One must take place every five years.

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.

Fossil fuel - Fossil fuels, including coal, crude oil and natural gas, are made from decomposing plants and other organisms. The non-renewable fuels are burned for energy, emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Aviation - Air travel.

Inflation - An increase in the price of goods in an economy. 

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.

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.

Optimistic - Hopeful and positive.