Picking one university at random - UCL - English language is on the list of preferred A levels. As is Economics.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/application/requirements/preferred-a-level-subjectsUnless your DD has a burning desire to study English Literature at university, or to go to a university which specifically discounts English Language (or Economics - History should be on every institution's list of acceptable subjects), then it shouldn't really be a problem.
DD's school offers Lit and Lit / Lang (a common offer around here, particularly in the grammar schools); she was also very interested in the Language component of the combined A level, but a late change of third subject meant a timetable clash and she is doing Literature. Be warned, it is an awful lot of reading.