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.
People due State Pension or benefit payments this week will see slight increase after DWP uprating
dailyrecord.co.ukState Pensions and benefits increased earlier this week after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) applied the annual uprating.
More than 12 million people will see State Pension payments rise by 8.5 per cent while those on benefits including Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will receive a 6.7 per cent increase.
Members of the Daily Record Money Saving Scotland Facebook group have confirmed that even though the uprating was only applied on April 8, two people in receipt of PIP have received a slightly higher amount in their payments on Wednesday (April 10).
Both members receive the maximum PIP rates - worth £691 in the 2023/24 financial year - and have been paid £694.29. The new maximum PIP rate will be worth £737.20 in the 2024/25 financial year, but most people will not receive the full amount until May as payments are usually made four weeks in arrears.
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