article_snippet.sent: Joe Anderson, 56, the Mayor of LiverpoolLiverpool, claimed £4,500 per year from Chesterfield High School, Merseyside, despite doing nothing for pupils .
article_snippet.sent: A Labour mayor who campaigned against austerity while being paid an £80,000 salary took  £4,500 per year from a school where he previously worked, despite doing nothing for pupils.
article_snippet.sent: Joe Anderson, 56, the Mayor of Liverpool, attempted to justify the payments by saying he provided the school with 'kudos' for being linked to he.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Anderson had been a senior learning mentor at the school from 2001, when Mr Anderson was already a Liverpool councillor.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Anderson eventually rose through the ranks to become full-time leader of the council in 2010, effectively stopping Mr Anderson role as a mentor, but Mr Anderson continued taking payments from Mr Anderson former employer.
highlights_snippet.sent: Joe Anderson, 56, earns £80,000 in full-time job as the Mayor of Liverpool .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Was also taking annual payments of £4,500 from Chesterfield High School .
  