UKMOD B2026.03 and 2024 data

UKMOD has undergone important updates:     Model UKMOD version B2026.03 is now available. Major changes involve: Policy Additions Added option to simulate devolved taxes on property income in Scotland separately from non-saving non-dividend income. Code Corrections and Amendments Income taxes projected by policy tin_uk have been completely revised to improve clarity, resulting in the […]

UKMOD Country Report 2023-2030 released

A new UKMOD Country Report is now available, covering the policy systems 2023-2030 and based on UKMOD version B2026.01. Read it here.

UKMOD B2026.01 released

UKMOD version B2026.01 is now available, with numerous updates and bug fixes:   Welsh budget update parameters for income taxes in line with budget announcement to maintain parity with remainder of UK Scottish budget Update income tax rates in line with budget announcement Amend model to allow for higher rate of payment of Scottish Child Payment […]

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 […]