Announcing the long-list, welfare reform minister Lord Freud said: "Local authority- led pilots will provide a unique opportunity for councils to shape the development of universal credit.
The chance for those councils to shape the future, for the benefit of every resident that they're working with every day, is not one we intend to miss.
Such staff may mix mainly with others for whom grant funding is rarely considered, and this, rather than the actual policies of Research Councils, may shape the route taken," she suggests.
I urge the council to shape the legislation to reflect what we in Chicago and others in places, such as New York City, New Orleans and Massachusetts, have learned about how successful research-practice partnerships operate.
The small northwestern town of Iznik, which has long marketed itself on the fine tiles produced there in Ottoman times, now evokes its former incarnation as Nicaea, site of two of the seven Ecumenical Councils that shaped the basic tenets of the Christian faith.
While Reeves acknowledged the vital role of councils in shaping their local place, he said they could best achieve this through stepping back and letting go - driving, in other words, from the back seat and working through closer partnerships with everyone in the local area, from voluntary groups and businesses to those who use all local public services.
But these are the very activities which are important to councils in shaping and developing their locality.
It has also raised the ire of City Council members who contend that the mayor improperly excluded the Council from shaping the bill.
The intention is for the documents to aid the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, and the European council in shaping their negotiating position.
Key achievements include a new job role within the council that shapes policy for people with a learning disability and a "Safe Places" logo scheme, where partners such as retailers and leisure centres commit to supporting people in need of help.
