Should the Country have a National Care Service and funding be general taxation?

Adult social care in England faces severe pressures with over 1.2 million people waiting for support, rising demand from an ageing population, and chronic local council underfunding. Labour's 2024 manifesto committed to reform and a commission reporting in 2028 on options including a National Care Service. Andy Burnham has revived his earlier proposal for a national system with sustainable funding, while debates continue on shifting from means-tested local provision to tax-funded universal access similar to the NHS.