I received the call yesterday saying the Jan course that I was on is now no more. I've opted for Area, since that was my original thought when I looked into NATS, and start in Feb.
As an aside, I have witnessed similiar moves by the RAF in the last ten years, and it has almost always been short sighted and created new issues further down the line. Understandably, it is an incredibly difficult thing to predict but cancelling courses up to (and possibly including) July seems knee-jerk.
I obviously lack the 'big-picture' and will resist the urge to speculate further.
From what I gathered from my phone call yesterday, July is by no means certain. I hope those of you holding out get what you want in the end.