The City of London still remains the financial centre of the world and the Government will do whatever it takes to maintain this
I am not sure what the government can do, apart from creating more debts to reimbourse the previous debts.
However I tend to agree with you, I don' t see UK loosing its AAA status, UK not having more debts than many other rich countries.
Economy is not off topic, aviation being completely linked to economy.
In europe, and even in north america (but Canada?), it is definitely not a good time to pay for training.