Hi Gill
In my experience I've found that prices go up the nearer you get to take off, when seats are filling up. I don't know how it is in the UK i.e. whether you can get any late deals, but out here (Middle East) they don't seem to exist.
The last time we flew to NZ from here our agent recommended we hang on for Malaysian Airlines to bring out their 'special deals'. We waited and waited but by the week of our departure nothing had come through and we ended up paying quite a bit more than if we'd booked at the outset. We were not amused.
