@Jaysen I am in a similar position to the original poster apart from I am the other way round- i.e. I have been made a TC offer from the regional office of a firm that was further down my list of preferences (I didn't actually apply for the TC but they said they were happy to bypass the VS) and I also have 2 VS offers with my top choice City firms in the Summer. The regional firm has given me 3 weeks to decide and they won't extend that deadline. I would feel terrible for other applicants if I ended up reneging on the TC offer, but I would also feel pretty rough if I declined this TC and then got no further offers and had to repeat this year of applications. I am basically just clarifying that when you said you would 'go for it', you mean to accept the TC with the possibility of reneging in the future? I appreciate that this is a good problem to have, but the decision has been weighing very heavily on me.
Also, side note on fees- the regional firm has said they would pay the LPC course fees ahead of a 2023 start date, but surely they wouldn't pay anything before this summer?