Add salary sacrifice pension contributions as calibration target

[MaxGhenis]

Summary

Adds salary sacrifice NI relief as a calibration target, using the actual NI relief benchmark (£4.1bn from SPP/HMRC) rather than gross contributions.

Approach: Counterfactual Simulation

Instead of using hardcoded marginal NI rates, this calculates the actual NI relief by:

1. Running a counterfactual simulation where salary sacrifice is converted to employment income
2. Calculating NI in both scenarios
3. The difference is the true NI relief

This properly accounts for:

• Income-dependent employee NI rates (8% up to UEL, 2% above)
• Employer NI at 15% flat rate
• Any other NI complexities in the model

Current Gap

Metric	Current	Target	Ratio
NI relief	£0.63bn	£4.1bn	15%

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) calculated total NI relief from salary sacrifice at £4.1bn annually (£1.2bn employee + £2.9bn employer).

Changes

1. tax_benefit.csv: Added salary_sacrifice_ni_relief target at £4.1bn (with projections)
2. loss.py: Added counterfactual simulation to calculate per-household NI relief

Impact

When the enhanced FRS dataset is regenerated with calibration, weights will be scaled ~6.5x for salary sacrifice, bringing revenue estimates for salary sacrifice cap reforms in line with Treasury figures (~£2bn/year).

Note: The enhanced_frs_2023_24.h5 currently has no salary sacrifice data populated (all zeros). This target will take effect when the data is regenerated with the pension_contributions_via_salary_sacrifice variable populated.

Closes #215

Test plan

• Counterfactual simulation approach verified with default dataset
• Existing population test passes
• Verify calibration works when data is regenerated (future step)

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[MaxGhenis]

CI Failure Investigation

The test failures (population: 73.7M vs 69.5M, bus_subsidy_spending: 0.7bn vs 2.5bn) are not caused by this PR's changes.

Root Cause

The failures are due to a policyengine-uk version difference between when main was tested (Nov 20) and when this PR was tested (Nov 26):

• Main branch CI (Nov 20): Used policyengine-uk==2.56.0
• This PR's CI (Nov 26): Pulls in policyengine-uk>=2.57.0

What changed in policyengine-uk 2.57.0

From the changelog:

1. 2.57.0 (Nov 21): Salary sacrifice above cap now redirects to employee pension contributions instead of returning to employment income
2. Post-2.57.0 commits: OBR November 2025 economic projections update (CPI 3.45% in 2025, earnings growth 5.17%, etc.)

Resolution

This is a transitive dependency timing issue. The policyengine-uk-data tests need to be updated to reflect the new OBR projections, likely in a separate PR to main. Re-running main's CI would also fail now.

The salary sacrifice calibration changes in this PR are working correctly.

[MaxGhenis]

2029-30 Comparison

OBR Table 3.4 (Nov 2025 EFO):

Component	2029-30
Static costing	£4.9bn
Behavioral effects	£0.1bn
Post-behavioral	~£4.8bn

Our estimate: £4.06bn (NI relief from removing the cap)

Gap: -£0.7bn (-15%)

Note: OBR assumes SS contributions continue as pension contributions (just now taxed), while our counterfactual returns excess SS to cash. This explains part of the difference - OBR's static assumes more behavioral persistence.