Wheels are slowly turning, the CAA's recently published brief response to the consultation here:
https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviati...implification/ but it could take a few years before the PPL(L) ever happens.
A chap on another forum who I believe is an AOPA rep to the GA Partnership says he intends to lobby the CAA to restore the NPPL(A) -> LAPL(A) route in the meantime. Of course, if your NPPL(A) was issued before April 2018 it can still be converted to an LAPL(A).