Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
DWP review shows thousands of PIP benefit claimants owe £90million after failing to report change
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRoughly a third of people in Britain receive help from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), with around 22.7 million getting some form of benefit or State Pension.
The most recent figures, published in the 2024 Fraud and Error in the Benefit System report, reveal that the total amount of benefit overpayments during the previous year was £9.7 billion (3.7%), a rise from £8.3bn in 2023.
Introduced in 2013, the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is intended to assist people with additional costs arising from a long-term illness, disability or mental or physical health condition.
The data indicates that around £21.6bn was spent on PIP last year, a substantial increase from the £17.7bn in 2022/23. This figure is anticipated to grow as the number of individuals receiving up to £737.20 each month has hit a record-breaking high of 3.5m.
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