Westminster City Council has been branded "divisive" after telling staff to complete a "white privilege" test, as part of efforts to combat unconscious bias against ethnic minorities.
The Labour-run council is seeking to boost its recruitment of "global majority" candidates for senior roles, insiders have claimed.
The council has defended their decision, claiming their "recruitment policies" are "industry standard".
Speaking to GB News, Director of the Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity Steven Woolfe hit out at the recruitment process, branding it "abysmal".
Woolfe told GB News: "I think they're abysmal, I think they're divisive - I've always felt that anyone that tries to over-egg the pudding on what used to be called BAME.
"When I was younger, I was called 'quarter-cast', my father was 'half-cast'. We then had people were black, then you were called 'mixed race', which I hated because it always sounded like a mixed bag of sweets - now you've got 'global majority'."
Highlighting the key problem with the document, Woolfe added that in trying to be "fair and equal", they have in fact gone "too far".
Woolfe said: "I think that's the problem in trying to be fair and equal and open, you've gone too far. This is no longer necessary in this country to have this sort of test.
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"When you can see sportsmen representing this country from any colour that you have, when you've got prime ministers of different religions, business leaders, lawyers, doctors - the idea that you need to look at white privilege is a nonsense.
"And it's a small majority minority of people who still cling to this idea that you need to indoctrinate white people, that they have privilege and that they are not racist."
In disagreement with Woolfe, commentator Scarlett MccGwire argued that the assessment has "very little to do with race".
She told GB News: "It's got very little in it about race, actually. What a lot of young people say is check your privilege, and it's not about colour, actually, it's about all sorts of things.
"This is very, very little about colour. This is about 'do you shop at Waitrose, were you read to as a child, do you take time off for a religious holiday' - this is not about colour."
The council has defended its approach, with a Westminster council spokesman claiming: "Westminster City Council's recruitment policies are industry standard, entirely consistent with UK employment law and have been in place for a number of years."
The spokesman added the presentation "does not form any part of our formal policy, training or recruitment process."
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The Labour-run council is seeking to boost its recruitment of "global majority" candidates for senior roles, insiders have claimed.
The council has defended their decision, claiming their "recruitment policies" are "industry standard".
Speaking to GB News, Director of the Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity Steven Woolfe hit out at the recruitment process, branding it "abysmal".
Woolfe told GB News: "I think they're abysmal, I think they're divisive - I've always felt that anyone that tries to over-egg the pudding on what used to be called BAME.
"When I was younger, I was called 'quarter-cast', my father was 'half-cast'. We then had people were black, then you were called 'mixed race', which I hated because it always sounded like a mixed bag of sweets - now you've got 'global majority'."
Highlighting the key problem with the document, Woolfe added that in trying to be "fair and equal", they have in fact gone "too far".
Woolfe said: "I think that's the problem in trying to be fair and equal and open, you've gone too far. This is no longer necessary in this country to have this sort of test.
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"When you can see sportsmen representing this country from any colour that you have, when you've got prime ministers of different religions, business leaders, lawyers, doctors - the idea that you need to look at white privilege is a nonsense.
"And it's a small majority minority of people who still cling to this idea that you need to indoctrinate white people, that they have privilege and that they are not racist."
In disagreement with Woolfe, commentator Scarlett MccGwire argued that the assessment has "very little to do with race".
She told GB News: "It's got very little in it about race, actually. What a lot of young people say is check your privilege, and it's not about colour, actually, it's about all sorts of things.
"This is very, very little about colour. This is about 'do you shop at Waitrose, were you read to as a child, do you take time off for a religious holiday' - this is not about colour."
The council has defended its approach, with a Westminster council spokesman claiming: "Westminster City Council's recruitment policies are industry standard, entirely consistent with UK employment law and have been in place for a number of years."
The spokesman added the presentation "does not form any part of our formal policy, training or recruitment process."
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