George Osborne dismissed fears over spending cuts to public services raised by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Speaking on Sky News, Mr Osborne said the cuts were necessary but did not pinpoint exactly where the axe would fall.
He said: "People know that we have been careful with public money, we want to go on doing that at the same pace we have been doing that over the next couple of years."
It comes as the Lib Dems prepare to unveil their own Budget to distance themselves from their coalition partner's Budget.
George Osborne's no-gimmicks, no-frills Budget has set the dividing lines between the parties ahead of May's election.
He claimed Britain was "walking tall again" after five years of austerity.
But Labour politicians highlight a section of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report which says the Conservatives' cuts leave "a rollercoaster profile of implied public services spending through the next parliament".
The OBR report projects a "much sharper squeeze" on spending in 2016-17 and 2017-18, which would be followed by a sharp increase in 2019-20.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said: "I'm not sure that I would want my public services to be on a roller coaster, I would want to have decent provision for my constituents and all across the country."
Mathew Hancock, the Conservative Business Enterprise and Energy Minister, responded to the criticism.
He said: "We have a plan to deliver and anyone who wants to spend more money or go more slowly will see the debt rising as a proportion of GDP, and that is exactly the sort of mistake that got us into this mess in the first place."
Mr Osborne's Budget did have some sweeteners for first time buyers and savers, including the first £1,000 of savings being tax free for a basic rate tax payer.
He also announced a help-to-buy ISA under which first-time buyers saving for a deposit will receive a 25p top-up from the Government for every pound they put aside up to a maximum of £3,000, on top of savings of £12,000.
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