It includes: 

• an overview of public services reform policy and effects on statutory grant-making; 
• the total value and number of local authority grants; 
• trend analysis between 2019/20 and 2021/22; 
• breakdowns by local authority area type and regions of the UK; 
• original data on legal challenges to local authority grant-making; 
• recommendations to improve practice. 

Report can be found here