The Stroke Association has named KPMG partner Jason Parker, who had a stroke at the age of 45, as its next chair.

Polly Neate, who was Shelter chief executive for seven years until March this year, is to join the House of Lords as a crossbench peer.

A grant maker, which has invested £70m in good causes since it launched two decades ago, is warning of a “deepening crisis” impacting funding for charities.