The All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the United Kingdom has rightly highlighted the damage done to benefit claimants by the unfair application of sanctions. It goes even deeper than that. There is not one sanction in the present system which is fair because they not only stop Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) but the Jobcentre computer sends a message to the local authority computer to stop housing benefit too.I am helping John Smith, a single, unemployed adult aged about 40 (name changed). He has a history of depression. His JSA is stopped for three months for turning up for an interview a day late. He has a breakdown and enters nine weeks of psychotherapy. When the sanction ends, his JSA of £72.40 a week is restored. He is unaware his housing benefit has been stopped