U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is walking a tightrope as her critical Autumn Budget looms, as pressure mounts to appease voters, shore up public finances and convince money markets her policies are sound.

Thanks to her self-imposed fiscal rules, which she has doubled down on in recent weeks, Reeves has been left scrambling to find strategies that can plug a multi-billion-pound hole in public finances by the time she delivers the budget on Nov. 26.

That means drastically cutting spending or breaking a manifesto pledge not to raise certain taxes — or a combination of the two.

CNBC takes a look at some of the options on the table.

Tax hikes

The finance minister has been considering a range of ways to shore up public finances, according to recent reports from local media outlets, inc

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