Chancellor hoping shift in tone on Brexit will ring true for key groups of voters

Rachel Reeves' criticism of Brexit impact on economy is aimed at leave voters who have changed their minds and younger voters, says analysts

Rachel Reeves' decision to pin the blame for the UK's ailing economy on Brexit a month before a difficult and potentially unpopular budget could be considered high-risk given the lingering divisions and bitterness over the UK's decision to leave the EU.

But political analysts say she is aiming to appeal to voters who opted to leave but have changed their minds on this issue, young people who have joined the electorate in the nine years since the referendum, and remainers who are asking: what took you so long?