Thanks all for the input, based on the above I'll probably end up at FTE - I have heard good things about their training.
I believe there is scope to get a dual licence there at no extra cost, but I'd have to look up how many airlines that accept only EASA ATPLs would actually accept UK citizens without the right to work in the EU - I dare say it's highly likely I'll end up at a standard low cost carrier in the UK like every other British low hour fATPL out there, so the lack of an EASA ATPL might not kill me.
In answer to the statements about what my family knows, the answer is not enough, but I am confident that they would not be prepared to fund 75% of modular training despite the savings and nothing would convince them, because to them integrated is more akin to a degree (I know it's an identical licence at the end) and they are from the walk of life where that is more important than anything else - money is not their concern. In other words, I can assure you that you are flogging a dead horse if the aim is to get me to convince them to fund modular training!
If things still look terrible for pilot recruitment in 18 months because of the cost of living crisis when I graduate, I can always become an engineer and wait; unless someone knows something I don't I highly doubt I'm throwing my life away doing an integrated over a modular path at the start of next year.
I've always wondered how far networking can get me what with everything being standardised assessment centres and interviews nowadays but I do know a few people at easyJet so with any luck that may help my cause!