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 takes £1 in every £13 back from 3.2 million Universal Credit claimants
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAround 3.2 million Universal Credit claimants are losing large chunks of money every month due to payment deductions, according to analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data.
This follows a large rise in the overpayment of benefits such as Carer's Allowance, which has left the department chasing over 130,000 British carers for nearly £250 million, with many facing large deductions to pay it back.
Analysis by the New Economics Foundation found that the scale of DWP benefit reductions as a result of overpayment or claimant debt was reducing the overall average Universal Credit payment for each person by eight per cent - meaning £1 in every £13 handed out by the department is being clawed back through their automated repayment system.
People on benefits can have their payments deducted for a wide variety of reasons even beyond the DWP, from owing rent to a private landlord to being behind on utility bills.
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