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We are approaching the summer holidays, a time when – for those of us still at our desks – workloads increase and responsibilities can soar. Here is some expert advice on how to survive and thrive when you’re the one left behind. Know exactly what is expected It can be stressful “when you don’t really …

The UK’s competition authority has called for the government to intervene in the electric car charger market to prevent “charging deserts” and increase availability in locations outside London, which remain underserved. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also said it had opened an investigation into the dominance of one provider, Electric Highway, in the fast-charging …

The government’s consideration of a rise in national insurance presents an ideal opportunity to question the unfairness of the current 12% and 2% NI rate levels (Ministers mull national insurance rise to fund social care, 19 July). Employee NI contributions (NICs) are no different to income tax. We know this because HMRC’s annual tax summaries, …

Louise Summers asks why childcare is still not equally shared (Letters, 18 July). One answer could be because most governments skew childcare responsibility towards the mother. I was “fortunate” to be on gardening leave for the first three months of my son’s life. This created a wonderful father-son bond, which has continued into his adulthood. …

For shoppers the sight of “pingdemic”-related gaps on their local supermarket’s shelves will be a worrying reminder of their experience in the early weeks of the pandemic, when panic buying emptied stores of food. How is the test-and-trace system affecting supermarkets? On Thursday the British Retail Consortium (BRC) added its voice to the chorus of …