George Osborne has unveiled measures to boost the income of pensioners and savers hit by low interest rates.
The amount people can save tax-free in Isas is to rise, while pensioners also get a higher interest savings option.
People will also no longer have to use their pension pot to buy annuities.
The chancellor froze petrol duty, cut bingo tax from 20% to 10%, froze spirits and cider duty and cut a further 1p from a pint of beer – but put the price of cigarettes up.
Labour leader Ed Miliband dismissed the Budget as full of the « same old Tory tricks » and said millions of people were worse off under the coalition government.