Wasn’t Shiplee announced as the Great White Hope of Universal Credit when he came on board? Now he’s no more of an asset than – as the article states – anyone else with a respiratory condition. DWP should sack him and make him claim ESA; this would support him into valuable understanding of the effects his work will have.
The man in charge of bungling the introduction of Universal Credit is currently only working a day a week after being on the sick since last Christmas.
Howard Shiplee is the builder that Iain Duncan Smith brought in to rescue his doomed project to reform benefits last year. He is the sixth boss Universal Credit has had in the last two years and after just a few months in the job went on long-term sick leave. According to Computer Weekly, who uncovered the story, he was suffering from bronchitis which has now developed into something more serious. The publication claims the DWP are looking for someone to replace him behind his back.
Of course Shiplee, like everyone else, has the right to take time off if he is unwell. But 20,000 people with respiratory conditions have been found fit for work since the Atos assessments began. Under Universal Credit some…
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Howard Shiplee is disabled and seams an OK kind of guy
the problem is with disabled people is that they can get very sick very quickly for no good reason and the government need to remember that fact
I’m sure when IDS gets very ill over the next few years he’ll turn to me and say “my god if only i knew ”
well it’ll bit a bit late then but you can be sure he’ll get the massage as his type of character always does with only a few weeks to live
i have no sympathy for him or his family, he can’t handle the job but with the pay he received he won’t be going to a food bank.