Tara Lai Quinlan
@quinlantl.bsky.social
Lawyer & Associate Professor. Working on criminal law & procedure, diversity and inequality in policing, counter-terrorism & the courts in the United Kingdom & United States.
Great to see the publication of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy, and Practice's new report, with very important recommendations & much needed reforms. Glad to have contributed evidence to this based on my CT policing research. | binghamcentre.biicl.org/publications...
Report of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice
11th November 2025 - Report of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice
<br />Following three years of research and consultation with over 200 experts, practitioners...
binghamcentre.biicl.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Great to see the publication of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy, and Practice's new report, with very important recommendations & much needed reforms. Glad to have contributed evidence to this based on my CT policing research. | binghamcentre.biicl.org/publications...
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Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel
Ministers banned Palestine Action despite being told by their advisers it could “inadvertently enhance” the group’s profile, an official government document shows.
The briefing paper was written three months before the proscription of the group, which was set up to take direct action to halt UK arms supplies to Israel. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
England and Wales Bar Council calls for legal aid for all family court cases involving domestic abuse. Only 15% of families are eligible for legal aid which has led to huge swathes of UK becoming ‘legal advice deserts’, body says | www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Bar Council calls for legal aid for all family court cases involving domestic abuse
Only 15% of families are eligible for legal aid which has led to huge swathes of UK becoming ‘legal advice deserts’, body says
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
England and Wales Bar Council calls for legal aid for all family court cases involving domestic abuse. Only 15% of families are eligible for legal aid which has led to huge swathes of UK becoming ‘legal advice deserts’, body says | www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
UK's terrorism definition too broad, Starmer to be told in new advice by the Independent Commission on Counter-Terrorism.
New advice could undermine the UK's Palestine Action ban | www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
New advice could undermine the UK's Palestine Action ban | www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Terror definition too broad, Starmer to be told
New advice could undermine the Palestine Action ban
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
UK's terrorism definition too broad, Starmer to be told in new advice by the Independent Commission on Counter-Terrorism.
New advice could undermine the UK's Palestine Action ban | www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
New advice could undermine the UK's Palestine Action ban | www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
How Elon Musk is Boosting the British Right. For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. | news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How Elon Musk is Boosting the British Right. For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does. | news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in UK Prevent anti-terrorism programme referrals, data shows. Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology. | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows
Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in UK Prevent anti-terrorism programme referrals, data shows. Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology. | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.
This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.
This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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A judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a change dictated in an executive order President Trump signed in March. A White House spokesman said the government would appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a change dictated in an executive order President Trump signed in March. A White House spokesman said the government would appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
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Federal immigration officers are using chemical irritants to disperse protesters in ways that violate American policing norms and test the boundaries of use-of-force laws, video footage from Chicago shows.
ICE and Border Patrol’s use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law
Federal immigration agents say chemical agents are needed to disperse violent protesters. But videos also show them firing at people in aggressive and ‘unorthodox’ ways.
wapo.st
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Federal immigration officers are using chemical irritants to disperse protesters in ways that violate American policing norms and test the boundaries of use-of-force laws, video footage from Chicago shows.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. But it is unclear if or when food stamps will soon reach those who rely on them to purchase groceries. Here’s what we know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. But it is unclear if or when food stamps will soon reach those who rely on them to purchase groceries. Here’s what we know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
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Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
go.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
go.nature.com/47hn0n5
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Trump is cancelling billions of dollars in federal funding for congressionally approved projects already underway.
Trump Is Punishing Blue States by Defunding Their Infrastructure Projects
Trump is cancelling billions of dollars in federal funding for congressionally approved projects already underway.
buff.ly
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trump is cancelling billions of dollars in federal funding for congressionally approved projects already underway.
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Judge orders Trump administration to continue paying SNAP benefits https://gothamist.com/news/judge-orders-trump-admin-to-continue-snap-payments
Judge orders Trump administration to continue paying SNAP benefits
An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
In a ruling Friday, a judge said the Trump administration needed to use contingency funds to make November payments. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Judge orders Trump administration to continue paying SNAP benefits https://gothamist.com/news/judge-orders-trump-admin-to-continue-snap-payments
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Nine-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes come across news they think is inaccurate, but they are split over how easy it is to distinguish truth from fiction. www.pewresearch.org/...
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Nine-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes come across news they think is inaccurate, but they are split over how easy it is to distinguish truth from fiction. www.pewresearch.org/...
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A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being warehoused for days on end.
Inhumane conditions and medical neglect alleged at Broadview ICE detention center
A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being wa…
trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being warehoused for days on end.
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The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
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NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
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Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR.
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR.
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
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The ongoing government shutdown could cost the U.S. economy up to $14 billion, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Government shutdown could lead to $14B in lost GDP, CBO reports
The nonpartisan budget office said the shutdown will dampen economic growth.
www.politico.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The ongoing government shutdown could cost the U.S. economy up to $14 billion, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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A federal judge pressed a Border Patrol official over reports that he and other federal immigration officers are using tear gas on protesters and residents in possible violation of a court order.
Judge warns Border Patrol leader that tear gas use appears to violate court order
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis pressed U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino over recent incidents in which agents have deployed tear gas in Chicago neighborhoods.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A federal judge pressed a Border Patrol official over reports that he and other federal immigration officers are using tear gas on protesters and residents in possible violation of a court order.
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A top Judiciary Democrat questioned whether the agency that protects federal judges is properly investigating the rise in threats against the judiciary and suggested the escalation may be driven by prominent conservative activists.
Democrat Suggests DOJ Politics Hamper Judge Threat Probes (1)
A top Judiciary Democrat questioned whether the agency that protects federal judges is properly investigating the rise in threats against the judiciary and suggested the escalation may be driven by prominent conservative activists.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A top Judiciary Democrat questioned whether the agency that protects federal judges is properly investigating the rise in threats against the judiciary and suggested the escalation may be driven by prominent conservative activists.
#NewYork unveils portal for public to share #ICE footage after four US citizens arrested. Attorney general Letitia James urges residents to share video and photos amid outcry over Chinatown raid | www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York unveils portal for public to share ICE footage after four US citizens arrested
Attorney general Letitia James urges residents to share video and photos amid outcry over Chinatown raid
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#NewYork unveils portal for public to share #ICE footage after four US citizens arrested. Attorney general Letitia James urges residents to share video and photos amid outcry over Chinatown raid | www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New rules will allow #police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’. Critics warn boosting protections of officers at #misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of #law | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New rules will allow police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’
Critics warn boosting protections of officers at misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of law
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New rules will allow #police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’. Critics warn boosting protections of officers at #misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of #law | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency's office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obtained by CNN. https://cnn.it/4qiv1zH
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency's office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obtained by CNN. https://cnn.it/4qiv1zH