If you're looking at doing your initial training in the US, there are two ways of going about it.
1) Do an FAA PPL. The convert it to a JAR PPL.
2) Do a JAR PPL at one of the schools in America which the UK CAA has approved.
Sorry I don't know very much more about this route - but I thought I'd make this distinction to avoid any confusion as you do your research.
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