Chancellor George Osborne's Budget decisions were given a roasting by opposition MPs yesterday for failing to offer help to ordinary people.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls savaged David Cameron, joking that the old Etonian had mistakenly backed the Budget because he thought it would give old school chum "Bingo" a tax cut.

The shadow chancellor poked fun as he criticised the Budget for failing to tackle the cost of living crisis and cited several Labour proposals that could have helped struggling people, but were ignored.