Reeves urged to take 2p off employee NI and add it to income tax in budget

The Resolution Foundation said the 2p ‘switch’ plan would help to spread the tax take across a wider group in society. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Rachel Reeves has been urged to take 2p off the rate of employee national insurance and add it to income tax in her autumn budget, to raise billions of pounds while protecting workers’ pay packets.

Putting forward plans to raise up to £30bn, the influential Resolution Foundation thinktank called on the chancellor to “level the playing field” on how different forms of income are taxed.