Equality Act and caste discrimination

New Commons Library briefing ..... Government to repeal duty under the Equality Act to legislate to prohibit caste discrimination:

Caste discrimination is not expressly prohibited under UK equality legislation, although section 9 of the Equality Act 2010, as amended, currently requires the Government to introduce secondary legislation to make caste an aspect of race, thereby making caste discrimination a form of race discrimination ...

The Conservative Government reviewed its position on the need to introduce legislation, following the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s decision in Chandhok & Anor v Tirkey. In that case the Employment Appeal Tribunal noted that caste discrimination is capable of being unlawful under current law, provided that the circumstances of the case fall within the existing prohibition of race discrimination.

On 2 September 2016 the Government announced that it would conduct a public consultation on the issue ... [and] published its response on 23 July 2018, concluding against further legislation, preferring to rely on developments in case law. The Government has therefore committed to repealing the duty, under the amended section 9 of the Equality Act, to legislate to prohibit caste discrimination.

https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06862