To get your license in the minimum number of hours / money, save up your money, schedule three weeks off and fly twice a day in two hour slots with adequate time off in between to have lunch, rest and prepare for the next flight.
There are training operators in the Channel Islands, France, Canada, South Africa, or the US that specialise in training to CAA requirements -- careful research is necessary as the odd one is a less than stellar operation.
As many of us have found, the pay as you go when you have money option generally takes a couple years.