When the chips are down: what it’s like to gamble everything away

Brits now spend £1bn a week on fixed-odds betting terminals – our readers talk about the human cost of this habit

As the rich get richer everyone else gets less happy

Research suggests that as the wealth of the richest explodes, the rest of us are left stressed, worried, angry and with lower levels of life satisfaction

My mommy tax: six months of nursing cost more than a year of formula

Studies that show breastfeeding is the cheapest way to feed children are gauging overall economic impact, not what it can cost individual families

‘You are not the only lonely worker’: our readers on making friends at work

Isolation in the workplace is increasingly being recognised as a problem. Our readers offer their advice on how to beat loneliness

Workplace loneliness is a real problem. For 45 hours a week I feel isolated

I have a good job which I enjoy, but in a bustling office I feel entirely alone. Employers need to tackle this, both for work performance and for people like me