Your editorial ‘Future in the balance’ (7 January) told us nothing new. There has always been an imbalance between those wanting to enter the profession and those for whom there is an opening.

However, in our regulated life, how long will it be before our professional body/regulator will oblige firms of a certain size to take on a given number of trainees?

On a similar theme, how long will it be before we are also obliged to carry out a certain amount of pro bono work every year?

Richard Meere, Consultant, Enoch Evans, Walsall