UKMOD B2025.08 released

UKMOD version B2025.08 is now available, with model updated to reflect policy changes announced in the Government’s Autumn Statement and related OBR Fiscal and Economic Forecast, as well as updated input data and regular code amendments and corrections. More in details, the model has been amended in the following ways: Budget Statement 2025 Fuel Duty: […]

PhD Scholarship in microsimulation modelling

We are opening a 3-year fully funded PhD studentship on microsimulation modelling on the socio-economic determinants of health and health inequalities, in the context of the Policy Modelling for Health programme. Policy Modelling for Health, formerly known as Enhancing Policy Modelling, is a £7.5 million research consortium funded as part of the UK Research and […]

New vacancy opened

We are looking for a researcher with a keen computational interest to join our team of developers and analysts at CeMPA. The successful candidate will help develop the microsimulation models maintained at CeMPA. Key areas of interest, in addition to computational modelling, are distributional issues (economic and health inequalities, socio-economic determinants of health, impact of […]

2023 datasets and UKMOD B2025.06 released

UKMOD version B2025.06 is now available, to accommodate new input data (‘a’ and ‘b’ datasets) for 2023. A new version of the Statistics Presenter template is also included, with England as separate category in all regional breakdowns  The model is available for download from the CeMPA website at https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/ukmod/access. To obtain the data, follow the instructions on the […]

UKMOD B2025.03 released

UKMOD version B2025.03 is now available, with model updated to reflect policy changes announced in the Government’s Spring Statement and the OBR March Fiscal Outlook. More in details, the model has been amended in the following ways: Universal Credit Health Element: Maintain at 2025-26 rate until 2029-30 The Universal Credit limited capability for work and work-related […]

We are recruiting

We are looking for a researcher with a keen computational interest to join our team of developers and analysts at CeMPA. The successful candidate will help develop the microsimulation models maintained at CeMPA. Key areas of interest, in addition to computational modelling, are distributional issues (economic and health inequalities, socio-economic determinants of health, impact of […]

UKMOD B2025.01 released

UKMOD version B2025.01 is now available. This release is motivated by parameter corrections to the TCO add-on, which align “adjusted” projections for indirect taxes to ONS aggregates reported in the National Accounts. Code corrections and amendments include: Omitted LHA ceiling on housing component of Housing Benefit and Universal Credit for social renters, reflecting retraction of […]

UKMOD Country Report 2022-2029 published

A new UKMOD Country Report covering model description (version B2024.21) and validation for the period 2022-2029 is available. The paper is also accessible from the UKMOD Resources page of the CeMPA website.