The Royal College of GPs says whilst workload in general practice has escalated, successive governments have failed to invest sufficiently in the service.
Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May is being asked to resist making dozens of appointments to the House of Lords as part of the traditional resignation honours.
Pressures from several directions may put disestablishment of the Church of England back on the agenda, say reports following the General Synod and concerns about the long term impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia speech.