pandemic and claiming Universal Credit for the first time left him with crippling alcohol and mental health issues. Tony Cliff was a high-flying managing director at a national firm before March 2020.
The doting dad is one of six million Brits now claiming Universal Credit after Covid-19 put the UK on lockdown. That's just under 10 per cent of the population, according to Manchester Evening News.Tony hails from Greater Manchester, where the number of people claiming Universal Credit has doubled since the pandemic began.He signed on for the first time in his working life in September 2020.As someone who has worked all his life, unemployment has come as a massive shock to his system.The 51-year-old joined the car firm he worked for at 16, as.