A Tory government after May would mean "extreme" and "unprecedented" public spending cuts, Labour is to argue.
In a speech, shadow chancellor Ed Balls will set out his party's analysis of how Conservative plans would affect non-protected Whitehall departments.
It comes less than two weeks before Chancellor George Osborne presents his final Budget of this Parliament.
The Conservatives say Labour's plans would lead to "higher taxes and economic chaos".
They also rejected claims their plans would lead to "colossal" spending cuts.
'Most extreme'The Conservatives have promised to protect England's NHS budget in real terms and schools cash budgets.
But Mr Balls will claim to show how non-protected departments, such as policing and social care, would face catastrophic cuts if the Conservatives were re-elected in May's general election.
End Quote Ed Balls Shadow chancellorThe analysis we are publishing today shows Tory plans mean spending cuts larger in the next four years than in the last five years"
He will call them "the most extreme" cuts in post-war history.
Speaking in central London, Mr Balls is expected to say: "The scale of these cuts is unprecedented.
"The analysis we are publishing today shows Tory plans mean spending cuts larger in the next four years than in the last five years.
"We are not even halfway through the cuts the Tories are planning.
"Spending cuts which are larger than any time in post-war history - a bigger fall in spending as a share of GDP in any four-year period since demobilisation at the end of the Second World War.
"Spending cuts which are larger than any other advanced economy in the world.
"More extreme than in this Parliament, the most extreme in post-war history and the most extreme internationally."
Significant differencesAt the weekend, Prime Minister David Cameron repeated his party's warning that a Labour government would wreck the economy, with more spending, borrowing and taxes.
The two main parties have significantly different fiscal strategies, with the Conservatives planning an overall budget surplus of £23bn by 2019-20.
The difference is about £50bn over the next Parliament, since Labour would deliver a surplus only on the current budget and allow higher spending on investment.
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright says Labour is determined to sharpen the public spending choice facing voters in two months' time.
The Liberal Democrats are also setting out their economic strategy on Monday, with a target of making the UK the largest economy in Europe by 2035.
Deficit reductionAccording to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the difference between Labour and the Conservatives' deficit reduction strategies are "pretty stark".
Labour has said it will clear the deficit by the end of the next Parliament through a combination of spending cuts and tax increases on the assets and incomes of the better-off.
The Conservatives and Lib Dems are both committed to a further £30bn of fiscal "consolidation" in the new Parliament to clear the deficit in the public finances by 2017-18.
But unlike the Tories, who say they would do it through a combination of spending and welfare cuts and a further clampdown on tax avoidance, the Lib Dems say they would seek to raise at least £8bn through additional taxes.
The Conservatives have sought to portray Labour's approach as a danger to the economy, saying Labour would increase borrowing and accusing the party of making unfunded spending commitments.
A spokesman said: "There is a clear choice at what is the most important election in a generation - borrowing forever with Ed Miliband, propped by Alex Salmond, and the higher taxes and economic chaos for hardworking taxpayers that will result.
"Or sticking with the competence and stability of David Cameron and the Conservatives' long-term economic plan that's securing a better future for Britain - the deficit has been halved, there are 1.85 million more good jobs and the economy is recovering."
The Lib Dems say their economic strategy, featuring a mixture of tax increases and spending cuts, would keep the government "anchored" in the centre ground and "finish the job fairly".
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