I THINK it was a sensible move by the Government to bring in the 50 per cent rate of tax for the rich.

Though Rod Stewart and Andrew Lloyd-Webber talk of going abroad to dodge it, I think we can manage quite well without them.

Some of our prima donna footballers get paid a fortune just for kicking a ball about, and spend it on fast cars – when they’re not starting fights.

I say let’s keep taxing the rich.

EDWARD WOOLLARD, Field Avenue, Oxford