Three sixth formers from Wallingford School were whisked off to the House of Commons in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes.

Becky Whitehead, Ellen Vinten and Courtney Boutwell, all aged 17, were driven to a lunch reception hosted by MP Stephen Timms, a Financial Secretary at the Treasury.

The luxury trip on Tuesday was part of their prize for placing second in a national Fantasy Budget competition.

The trio, calling themselves The Angels, entered the competition during their economics and business AS-level course.

Not to be confused with Charlie's Angels, the girls clearly impressed the judges as potential Gordon's Angels.

They suggested that Chancellor Gordon Brown should make radical changes with his next Budget, including a tax on junk mail and making public transport cheaper.

Each received £50 in prize money and Wallingford School won a video recorder.

As the environmentally- aware girls prepared to go to Westminster in a limo, they joked that they would prefer to go by public transport.

"The car was ordered for us, otherwise we would be going on the train," Becky said.

The competition was organised by Bournemouth University and co-sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Toshiba; the first prize went to a team from Stamford in Lincolnshire.