The phrase "achieved a budget" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the successful attainment or completion of a financial plan or budgetary goals.
Example: "After months of planning and negotiation, the team finally achieved a budget that met all project requirements."
Alternatives: "secured a budget" or "finalized a budget."
Critics of Britain will say that Cameron has not achieved a budget of €886bn set by Britain in 2011.
In 2013 it achieved a budget surplus of €1.5bn - the first since 2002.
"We think Europe has been on the wrong lines and you have seen a prime minister prepared now to veto things coming from Europe, who has achieved a budget cut for the first time ever and he is promoting reform in Europe".
Under President Clinton's administration, poverty again fell by more than a quarter even as we achieved a budget surplus.
And the German government achieved a budget surplus for the first time since 2007, without having to impose the kind of austerity that has choked growth in France, Britain or Italy.
The NYT author, of course, spins this as another positive: And the German government achieved a budget surplus for the first time since 2007, without having to impose the kind of austerity that has choked growth in France, Britain or Italy.
The big decision for Osborne lies in his choosing a path to achieving a budget surplus.
Health care savings are a crucial part of Mr. Bush's plan to put the nation on track to achieve a budget surplus by 2012.
Ms. Merrill said approval of the concessions would represent significant progress in achieving a budget plan to solve deficits that could top $8 billion over the next two years.
Achieving a budget surplus by the end of the decade and every year thereafter "in normal times" was one of Osborne's most coveted economic goals.
But the scale of the problem means he will have to act if he is to meet his target of achieving a budget surplus in 2020.
