Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A bid to increase funding paid to taxi and coach firms operating school contracts who have been impacted during the coronavirus pandemic was voted down at the council meeting.SNP councillors had asked that affected companies be paid 75 per cent of their previous contract income, backdated for the period of school closures, rather than the 20 per cent currently in place.However, an amendment from the Labour administration, supported by Conservative members, noted that the existing payments “follow government guidance” and are intended to boost taxi contractors’ claims to the self-employment income support scheme (SEISS).Opposition group secretary.