text: Joe Anderson, 56, the Mayor of Liverpool, claimed £4,500 per year from Chesterfield High School, Merseyside, despite doing nothing for pupils . 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. Joe Anderson, 56, the Mayor of Liverpool, attempted to justify the payments by saying he provided the school with 'kudos' for being linked to him. And when Chesterfield High School in Crosby, Merseyside, stopped the payments in 2011, he attempted to sue them, claiming discrimination because of his 'philosophical belief' in public service. The details of the case, published in The Times, came after Mr Anderson rejected an employment tribunal ruling against him and took his case to appeal, which was also rejected. In the most recent case, Judge Daniel Serota ruled that outsiders would consider the payments a 'misapplication of public monies ' and that the school was right to stop them. He added that he had repeatedly asked Mr Anderson's lawyers to state what benefits the school got in return for their cash. He said: 'The only answer that I received was that it gave 'kudos' to the school.' Mr Anderson had been a senior learning mentor at the school from 2001, when he was already a Liverpool councillor. He eventually rose through the ranks to become full-time leader of the council in 2010, effectively stopping his role as a mentor, but he continued taking payments from his former employer. When the school became an academy in 2011, and therefore had greater freedom over its finances, it ceased paying Mr Anderson, leading to his discrimination claim. Mr Anderson, who is paid an £80,000 salary, tried to sue the school (pictured) for discrimination after it stopped the payments, saying he was being punished for a 'philosophical belief' in public service . Mr Anderson said that his claim was no about getting more money, but about protecting his lucrative public sector pension pot. A tribunal ruled that Mr Anderson was unfairly dismissed, but that it was '100 per cent likely' the school would have sacked him following a consultation, so he was not entitled to compensation. It also ruled that, while Mr Anderson's belief in public service is a protected status, he had not been discriminated against.
target: Joe Anderson, 56, earns £80,000 in full-time job as the Mayor of Liverpool .
  Was also taking annual payments of £4,500 from Chesterfield High School .
  When school stopped payouts, he tried to sue them for discrimination .
  Appeal tribunal rejected claim he was punished for belief in public service .