Not according to case law, for example if you have a policy that favours working households it is unlawful according to the High Court, and non-working households are more likely to be single mothers, so was found to be indirect discrimination against women, children and disabled people as well.
There are lots of the above in working households cohorts. There are lots of similar judgements handed down from the High and Supreme Court to back it up.
H & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Ealing London Borough Council [2016] EWHC 841 (Admin) Ealing’s allocation policy has already had lawfulness problems, compounded by Ealing’s unlawful refusal to do anything about that unlawfulness. But this judicial review of the policy was on a different...
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