The phrase "using the budget to" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you are discussing how to allocate funds for something. For example, "The city council is using the budget to invest in new infrastructure projects."
He advocated using the budget to stimulate or restrain economic activity as the situation might warrant.
In fact, the Office for Budget Responsibility says he is using the budget to 'loosen significantly the impending squeeze on public services spending'.
And by again using the Budget to raise public spending while targeting tax cuts on the most needy, the Chancellor emphasised a control of the political agenda that the Tories find hard to counter.
Drawing on his time as industry secretary, Darling has told officials he is attracted by the idea of using the budget to help reshape the economy, which in the run-up to the recession was heavily dependent on two sectors - finance and housing.
Threatening to shut down the Government or using the budget to halt the plan or by simply saying nothing, the GOP is damaging its legitimacy with our community and the American electorate at large.
The Labour leader said: "George Osborne used the budget to announce the forced academisation of all schools.
Why not use the budget to improve Beijing's traffic system?
Danny Gabay, director of City consultancy Fathom, said the chancellor might be able to use the budget to slow austerity.
Labour said Osborne had used the budget to pursue an ideological agenda to reduce the size of the state.
Pension industry experts believe the chancellor may use the budget to cut national insurance relief on employer's pension contributions.
Previous generations of Tory Chancellors have cynically used the Budget to indulge in giveaways as elections approach.
