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.
Drivers with petrol or diesel cars set to be penalised under new tax rules
dailyrecord.co.ukDrivers with petrol or diesel cars are being warned that new rules coming into effect in the next few months will see them penalised.
Speaking about petrol and diesel car owners, Sean Kemple, spokesperson for Close Brothers Motor Finance, said that the changes to the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) from April will see rates rise for everyone.He warned petrol and diesel owners would be more affected based solely on the “type of vehicle" they are buying.Those with models that produce a lot of air pollution will be affected by the changes the most, with VED rates for vehicles that produce over 255 g/km of CO2 pollution to rise to £2,365.This is a massive £120 increase from the current 2021 rate and could be a blow for families who rely on their cars.Meanwhile, drivers of cars producing 226 to 255 g/km will see a £105 rise, with fees for cars producing 191 to 225 g/km increasing by £75.Price rises will be seen across all vehicles except for those producing less than 75 g/km of CO2.Mr Kemple has also warned of the “challenge” ahead as drivers look to switch to electric cars.He said the Government would need to “offset” tax revenues as more drivers started to ditch their existing petrol and diesel cars.
Speaking to Express, he said: “You can see the incentive from a tax perspective of road tax and benefit in kind moving towards lower emission vehicles. “That's better for everyone involved so it's a win-win situation.“The challenge then is, how does the Government then offset those tax receipts in terms of what they would have been getting from petrol and diesel vehicles.“What you then see is the consumers of petrol and diesel, in their view, I suppose being penalised by the type of vehicle they are purchasing.”The Treasury has
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