A sanction is a reduction in the amount of JSA which would otherwise be payable.
Sanctions imposed on thousands of benefit claimants for not taking part in the DWP’s so-called “back-to-work” schemes are unlawful; a court ruled earlier in the year.
After a previous Supreme Court judgment ruled some sanctions unlawful the Government passed a new law to make them legal.
The High Court and Appeal Court have now both ruled that the retroactive legislation is not lawful.
The sanctions had originally been ruled unlawful because a court said the Government had not provided sufficient information to claimants on how to make representations before benefits were stopped.
That ruling was won by university graduate Cait Reilly, from Birmingham, who challenged having to work without wages at a local Poundland outlet.
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