'Vague & unhelpful' | Companies could be told: 'Ditch use of BAME label'

A racial disparities commission established by the Prime Minister is reportedly set to recommend that the term ‘BAME’ should not be used by public bodies and companies anymore – Sky News reported.

As was first reported by the Daily Telegraph, the proposal is said to form an important part of the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which is expected to be published this week.

BAME – which stands for black, Asian and minority ethnic – is a term that is widely used in the workplace and in wider society.

Yet, an anonymous source reported on by the Telegraph said that the term had become “unhelpful and redundant”.