Suffocating under a blanket of paperwork

I’ve spent a large part of the past two days working my way through paperwork, trying to find out what paperwork I’ll have to keep and submit to meet various pieces of new regulations, and trying to find out what further regulations are in the pipeline.

It’s an impossible task.

No matter how well intentioned the aims, no matter what the perceived problem is and no matter how many existing laws there are, Government at all levels steadfastly believes the answer lies in more prescription and more paperwork.