Celebrities that have avoided paying income tax by various legal systems that are only available to the rich are now, after being exposed and shamed, expressing sorrow and promising to leave these schemes.

Their crocodile tears may be believed if they pay back to HMRC all the normal tax due that they have avoided.

This pure greed, by those who can avoid it most, leaves a nasty taste to the many folk who admire their talent.

How stupid the star-struck Cameron and Osborne now look in their top rate of tax reduction.

Geoff Robb, Hunters Close, Dunnington.