Live simulation — 2026 UK baseline

Can you
run Britain?

You are the government. Adjust immigration, NHS spending, housebuilding targets, and more — then run the simulation and watch the consequences unfold.

NHS Vacancies
100,165
NHS England, Sep 2025
Housing Shortfall
173,000/yr
ONS vs govt target gap
Net Migration
204,000
ONS provisional YE Jun 2025
Borrowing Forecast
£137bn
OBR EFO March 2026
Start the Simulation

Free · No login · Built on public UK data sources

How it works

01

See Britain today

Start from a real 2026 baseline built on ONS, OBR, NHS England, and Home Office data. 100k NHS vacancies. 1.41 fertility rate. £137bn borrowing. This is what you inherit.

02

Set your policies

Choose a governing philosophy then fine-tune 24 policy levers — migration targets, NHS spending, housebuilding, training investment, border enforcement, and more.

03

Run and observe

Simulate 1 to 10 years forward. Watch 16 output metrics respond. Every outcome traces back through a causal chain you can inspect and challenge.

Britain 2036 is a transparent, evidence-based policy simulation built on 119 baseline variables across 6 domains, connected by 72 causal relationships. Every data point is sourced from ONS, NHS England, OBR, Home Office, IFS, and the Migration Observatory. Every assumption can be inspected and challenged.

Model assumptions, sources, and confidence levels available in the Challenge the Model panel.