Year ended 31 Dec 2017 £m			Half year to 30 June 2018 £m	Half year to 30 June 2017 £m
28.1		Current tax — charge for the period	17.7	15.3
(6.3)		Current tax — adjustments in respect of prior periods	(1.0)	–
(2.1)		Deferred tax	(0.3)	(0.7)
19.7			16.4	14.6

The rate of tax for the interim period is 24.5% (H1 2017: 25.1%) of the profit before tax.