I guess what would be very nice for anyone wanting to do a PPL would be a table of the costs afor the different schnools nd what can be anticipated in terms of overall costs. For example, those schools that don't include landing fees, those that do, those that include test fees, books, course for radiotelephony - or do not, etc etc
For a beginner trying to get their heads around all this is difficult and can make a significant difference to the final costs!
How about some keen individual making a table like this and making it available on this site? Would be very useful for all those interested in learning to fly. Of course there are things other than costs but this is the real world and its often a limiting factor in the ability of someone to learn to fly.
Another thought, and to be provocative (!), the cost of learning to fly at one of the schools in the USA could be given as well - probably about 50% of the cost here and that is including accomodation for a three week intensive course top qulaify for a JAA PPL? Last time I looked at some of these websites the whole cost was less than 3,000 pounds - now, there is a thought!!