The Guardian view on social care funding: fairness is the key | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : But voters remain in the dark over what Mr Johnson plans for social care.
60% : An announcement on social care funding is imminent, with a national insurance rise the probable outcome.
55% : Social care is a contract between generations (as well as between the able and disabled, with half of all current care spending on working-age adults).
54% : The expectation is that the NHS would receive the bulk of any new money upfront, with the costs to the public purse of social care expected to rise as more people qualify for support (which will depend on the level of any cap).
53% : The future of social care in the UK (which is not fully devolved, though the government's decisions will have the greatest bearing on England) is an opportunity to review this division between national and local.
52% : Among many uncertainties are details of how the funds raised might be distributed between the NHS and social care.
52% : The idea is that cash could be diverted from the NHS to social care in due course.
47% : NI is, additionally, charged at a higher rate on lower earners and so is less progressive than income tax.
46% : Currently, while the health secretary is nominally responsible for social care, he has limited power to deliver it.
41% : A plan to split the proceeds of a national insurance rise between the NHS and social care could worsen intergenerational injustice
37% : The second is that an attempt by Boris Johnson's government to kill two birds with one stone, by folding a boost to NHS England's budget into a half-baked plan for social care, could be disastrous.
35% : The prime minister is facing a backlash from MPs and cabinet ministers elected on a manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, VAT or NI.

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