Original sentence: Glasgow is also one of Europe's top 16 financial centres and is home to many of the country's leading businesses.Glasgow is the second most popular foreign tourist destination in Scotland after Edinburgh.However, with population decline, mainly due to the large scale relocation of people to new towns like East Kilbride and Cumbernauld on the outskirts of the city, and successive boundary changes by the Scottish Office and UK governments the current population of the City of Glasgow itself is 585,090 and 1,168,270 in the urban  areas surrounding the city, based on the 2001 census.The city also has Scotland's largest and most economically important commerce and retail sector
Edited sentence: Glasgow is also one of Europe's top financial centres and is home to many of the country's leading businesses.Glasgow is the second most popular tourist destination in Scotland.However, with population decline, mainly due to the large scale relocation of people to new towns like East Kilbride and Cumbernauld on the outskirts of the city, and successive boundary changes made by the Scottish and UK governments - in an attempt to reduce the size and influence of the city - the current population of the smaller City of Glasgow council area is 585,090 and 1,168,270 in the urban  areas surrounding the city, based on the 2001 census.The city also has Scotland's largest and most economically important commercial and business centre