A parent at the King Edward VI Camp School for Boys says the rugby t-shirts at the school work out really expensive at about £40.

'Rugby t-shirts are really expensive at about £40' - Parent, King Edward VI Camp Hill School

'There is no such thing as absent fathers', says Birgit Forster, social work lecturer at Birmingham City University. 

What is absent is an active involvement in a child's life and financial support for the child, she says, explaining how the system of child maintenance works for families where the parents have separated.

'There is no such thing as absent fathers'

"I'm a disabled person since birth, having grown up in this country since 1970s.

I've experienced the benefits system as a disabled person and feel that for a person who is receiving care in the home, the benefit system doesn't always help. 

So it appears that we get extra because I'm a disabled person and the extra cost of heating, lighting, charging up wheelchairs etc 

However, what actually happens in reality is we end up having to pay that back", says Reshma Patel, an Expert by Experience Development worker.

'For a person receiving care at home, the benefit system doesn't always help.' - Reshma Patel

"Many disabled people often work, and again the benefit system is set out against people who work.

We can't actually work all the time because of our health," says Reshma Patel, who has experience of receiving social work services since the 1970s.

'Many disabled people often work, benefit system is set out against people who work': Reshma Patel

'For rugby, school t-shirt is compulsory, not for cricket or swimming' - parent at Birmingham school

'Nearly half of Birmingham's children are now living in poverty' - Eddie O'Hara

"You can't just build houses, you have to build communities..." - Stephen Joseph, CBT. Full story and interactive map with #FOI responses from 262 English local authorities at Transport Network

Pupul Chatterjee