PolicyEngine / PolicyEngine/policyengine-uk

Ensure years are directly comparable

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Since Jul 27, 2026.

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Description

Currently, random noise in the relative target fit obtained each year means that cross-year comparisons look more like noise than signal. A fix could be ensuring a very close fit in each year, or just ensuring loss does not change

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