Sarah and Louise take their irreverent look and roll back the curtains on another week in fostering. They start with leadership, language, and the familiar gap between what is announced and what is actually felt in foster families. From political reshuffles to sector promises, they ask what all the noise really means for children and carers on a Tuesday afternoon when support is needed, and someone has to answer the phone.

We also turn to recent headlines that have shaken public trust and sparked uncomfortable questions about accountability, repetition, and why “lessons will be learned” still gets wheeled out as though it carries weight.

Find out who’s won this week’s coveted Naughty Step Award… and who (and what) has qualified for Word Salad Corner.

Then we head to the kitchen table itself, where fostering actually lives, not  ...