HeyJaredMike Barker
Senior public sector leader working in Local Government and the NHS
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Rewiring the State Starts on Your Street (opens the original)
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Over the past few months I’ve had the privilege of contributing to a major piece of work led by the LGIU on Rewiring the State. I am delighted it has been published today (September 30, 2026).<div class="subscription-widget s
The Future of Social Care: Not Better Services, but a Better Society (opens the original)
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With Party conference season there is inevitably a lot of talk about social care at the moment. But for years we have talked about fixing social care as though it were primarily a problem of funding. Funding matters. Workforce matters. Market stability matters. Reforming charging arrangements matters.But I increasingly think we are asking the wrong question. The question is not simply how we fix social care. The question is how we create a society that needs less social care in the first place.<
What leadership looks like now (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership recently, especially as I am about to embark on a new leadership programme. And as I reflect it appears there are a constant series of themes running through my mind. Uncertainty. Trade-offs. Partial clarity. System constraints. Relationships under pressure.Thanks for reading Inside the System! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name="email"
Why Oldham’s Mayoral Development Corporation Matters (opens the original)
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This week brought an important moment for Oldham Council with the approval of the Oldham MDC approved. The new Mayoral Development Corporation will bring together local government, Greater Manchester and private sector expertise to help unlock investment, coordinate development and accelerate delivery across key parts of the borough.Announcements like this can sometimes feel distant from everyday life. Another acronym. Another governance structure. Another announcement about regeneration. But I
Relationships do the real work (opens the original)
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For all the focus on structures, strategies and plans, most of the real work in public service still comes down to something more human - relationships.You can design the right governance, write a compelling strategy and even agree the priorities. But when the system comes under pressure (and it always does) those things only hold if the relationships underneath them are strong enough to carry the weight.You see it most clearly when things don’t quite line up - different organisations with diffe
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