Overview

• Tribunal applications for race discrimination increased from 165 in 2016–17 to 1,201 in 2023–24, with 829 cases heard in the most recent period.
• Only 5 percent of race discrimination claims have succeeded since 2017, with 281 upheld out of more than 5,500 filed.
• The NHS featured in 488 race discrimination cases between 2017 and 2024, more than any other employer, but only 4 percent of those claims were upheld.
• Don’t Divide Us argues that the Equality Act 2010 has fostered a grievance culture by encouraging legal challenges to minor disputes and demands that the government review or repeal the legislation.
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission is assessing the act’s impact under its statutory duty, while government spokespeople express continued commitment to its provisions.