Where do the Lib Dems' economic plans place them on austerity?

Jam tomorrow is the party's promise - their pledge to cut current deficit makes them tougher than Labour, but not as tough as the Tories

There are two groups of parties fighting the election: those who think the time for austerity is over and those who think it has to continue into the next parliament. The SNP and the Greens are in the first camp. Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are in the other.

The Liberal Democrat manifesto makes it clear that the austerity will come first before making way for the commitments to spend more on the NHS, including mental health, and education later in the parliament. Voters are being offered jam tomorrow rather than jam today.