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- Kate Gilruth announced replacing 32 Scottish councils with six-to-ten regional authorities and 160 community authorities.
- The consultation will run three months, ending early December.
- Gilruth said a trade-union roundtable will be held in the coming weeks.
- COSLA vice-president Steven Heddle warned a decision is unlikely before details are known, criticizing the December timetable.
- Heddle claimed local government saved £5 billion since 2011, which could have added £10 billion to the public purse.