Economics at a "worse uni" or Accounting and Finance at a "better" uni

Which a levels do you take? That might be significant.

Business, History and Psychology with an A* in EPQ. Currently predicted A*AB

With that subject combination if you like Manchester as a city I would apply for the BA Econ course. You can chose to go the accounting route within the course, or specialise in economics, or if neither really appeal when you've had a year of experience of studying them you have lots of more social science type options.

I don't think that university matters more than degree to many employers - although it might for front office investment banking.

So you think that I should choose economics over accounting and finance, assuming I don't go into IB which I probably won't. My 2 questions are: would A+F at Durham be better than BAEcon at Manchester or are the differences very minimal, and whether Lancaster BAEcon with a placement year is as good of a choice as Manchester. I appreciate the help so far.

My guess is that the courses at Manchester and Durham are perceived the same. Of course if you prefer the environment at Durham, or you think it would be a better fit that should be a really strong factor for you.
The reason I recommend the BA Econ course at Manchester (and its well worth looking through the website) is that you can join the accounting and finance stream in the first year should you wish to and change focus for subsequent years when you've done both economics and accounting courses and learned more about what you enjoy.
The degree is structured as a very flexible social sciences course. Given you A levels that might be a really good fit, and 'de-risk' the choice of degree hugely.

Which of these choices should I select, (Manchester/Sheffield/Lancaster BA Economics or Durham/Exeter Acc+Finance) I'm not bothered about the location just purely about job prospects. Will a degree considered slightly worse (Accounting and finance) than economics be viable if its at a university like Durham, need an answer soon as I am looking to send in my UCAS this week.

Im not aware on how to check whether you can transfer courses at Lancaster but would Lancaster BAEcon with a placement be worse than the same at Manchester? I'm struggling to choose between A+F or Econ. However Lancaster say that they will ask for a subject specific personal statement if required so I could always put it down among other A+F options.