Staff and trade unions

In order to provide transparency over its payments to staff, the council publishes a list of all council staff earning a salary of more than £50,000 a year.

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Statement of Accounts, including archived versions, are already in the public domain and shows the salaries for our chief officer grades.

Budgets and roles of employees earning about £50,000.

Trade Unions

Trade Unions Facilities Time Monitoring is no longer reportable. Under the Section 66 of the Employment Rights Act 2025, it repeals trade union facility time publication requirements for relevant public sector employers. The employer does not need to publish facility time information related to the 2025 to 2026 relevant period.

Political advisors

The council currently has two political advisors appointed to groups on the council as follows:

• 1 FTE – Aspire Group
• 1 FTE – Labour Group