COUNCIL leaders have called for urgent talks with Transport Minister Keith Brown after it emerged that up to 200 jobs are under threat as a major bus company announced swingeing service cuts.

First Scotland East is to end a number of services in East Lothian and said there would be "full withdrawal" in Midlothian.

The firm cited concerns over grant funding, an issue revealed in The Herald last week.

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