A London council has decided to stop using the term' BAME' (black asian and minority ethnic) and instead replace it with the phrase "global majority."

Government guidance currently recommends describing different communities individually, rather than grouping them together.

This is just one of the several steps that Westminster Council have announced in a bid to make the workplace more inclusive.

They have also introduced anti-racism training for staff, according to political blog Guido Fawkes.

A council spokesman announced: "Four years on from the founding of its Black Asian and Multiple Ethnic network, Westminster Council has committed to serious action to make its organisation more diverse and inclusive."

At the Black, Asian and Multiple Ethnic staff network's Annual General Meeting at City Hall, the council made three key commitments.

The council has publicly committed to taking steps towards becoming "an anti-racist organisation" with additional measures being promised such as removing pay gaps by 2025.

The response of this news across social media has varied, however many people are confused just how the use of the new term really encourages a less-racist society.

Stuart Love, Chief Executive at Westminster City Council said: "Our Global Majority Network has challenged, driven and held us to account to be a more diverse and inclusive organisation."

"We have a relentless focus to become an anti-racist organisation and we want to be a council and a city where everyone from any background has the same opportunity to thrive and grow."