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 shares how people can boost State Pension payments if they reached retirement age on certain dates
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released new guidance to help certain people boost their State Pension income.
If you reached State Pension age between April 6, 2010 and April 5, 2015, but are not receiving or expecting to receive a full basic State Pension, then you may be able to increase the amount you get by paying up to six additional years of voluntary Class 3 National Insurance voluntary contributions for years going back to 1975.
This is in addition to the opportunity you may already have to pay voluntary contributions for some of the last six tax years.
The DWP advises that paying voluntary contributions is not right for everyone as it depends on your personal circumstances and you should seek further information and advice before making any payment.The DWP guidance is aimed at:When you work you pay part of your earnings to the UK Government, so that when you retire you may get some regular income from the State Pension.The money you pay is called National Insurance contributions.If you do not have enough contributions in a tax year, you may be able to pay voluntary contributions to improve your basic State Pension.You may be able to pay up to an additional six years of voluntary contributions to cover years going back to 1975, if you:A qualifying year is a tax year in which you have paid, are treated as having paid, or been credited with, enough National Insurance contributions for it to count towards your State Pension.You pay National Insurance contributions while you are working, caring for others or claiming certain benefits.Home Responsibilities Protection protected the National Insurance record of carers for the time they spent caring for children under 16, or for a sick or disabled
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