* People will no longer pay more than £86,000 in care costs - that is, for actual care, rather than accommodation - over their lifetime, from October 2023
* Once people have reached this cap, ongoing costs for personal care will be paid for by local authorities
* Those with between £20,000 and £100,000 in assets will get means-tested help towards costs from their local council
* Those who own less than £20,000 will not have to pay towards care costs from their assets at all, but might have to contribute from their income
* National Insurance (NI) - which working people and their employers pay to ensure benefits like the state pension - will rise by 1.25% from next April
* From April 2023, this extra payment will become a separate tax - called the Health and Social Care Levy - on earned income. It will show up separately on payslips
* The levy - unlike NI - will also be paid by people who continue to work beyond retirement age
* The government says the changes will cost £255 a year for someone earning £30,000, and £505 a year for someone on £50,000
* Shareholders will also have to pay 1.25% more in tax on the profits they make
* The changes are expected to raise £12bn a year
* The government says that, for three years, all the money will go towards easing the NHS backlog, before more of it is moved into social care
* The government says £2.2bn will be made available
* Personal care, such as help with washing and dressing, is currently free in Scotland for those assessed by their local authority as needing it
* Some care costs are capped in Wales
* And home care is free for the over-75s in Northern Ireland