You can start logging dual time on your logbook from 14.
You can fly solo from 16.
You can take the Skills Test from 16 but prior to your 17th birthday.
You can be issued your licence on your 17th birthday.
There was a well documented case two years back of a young lad from Kent who was issued with his licence on his 17th birthday, despite it being a Sunday. As I recall someone at the CAA actually took the trouble to go into work on the Sunday with the one intention of issuing the licence - they're not all bad, see.
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