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.