Guidance from the UK Finance lobby group says the language should be axed to avoid racial bias or discrimination.
‘Black market’ should be replaced with ‘illegal market’ to avoid racial bias and ‘sanity check’ should be replaced by ‘functional test’ so as not to ‘infer a level of disability’, the group suggests.Man-in-the-middle' - a term used to describe a cyber attack - could be seen as gender biased, the guide says. Instead 'network interception' should be used.
It comes after a new inclusivity guide for City Hall banned employees from using the phrase “ladies and gentlemen” because it excludes non-binary people. According to the Sun, describing migrants as 'illegal' is not allowed and they must now be referred to as people with 'insecure immigration status' or 'undocumented'.