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.
Reduced rate VAT extended in Rishi Sunak's Budget with standard rate not returning until next year
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxRishi Sunak has announced the reduced rate of VAT will be extended amid the fallout from the pandemic.It comes part of a number of measures unveiled in the government's spending plan in the 2021 Budget on Wednesday.The Chancellor said the five per cent reduced rate of VAT will be extended for six months to September 30.However the standard rate of 20 per cent won't return until April 2022.Mr Sunak told MPs: “Even then, we won’t go straight back to the 20 per cent rate.“We’ll have an interim rate of 12.5 per cent for another six months; not returning to the standard rate until April next year."He added: "In total, we’re cutting VAT next year by almost £5 billion.”The temporary VAT cut was first introduced last July in a.
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