Dean Kirby

Dean Kirby is i's Investigations Correspondent. He has been reporting the news for 25 years. His awards include the Medical Journalists' Association News Story of the Year for an investigation into PPE supply chain chaos in the Covid pandemic. In 2022, he was highly commended for the Hugh Cudlipp Award for Investigative Journalism and shortlisted for Scoop of the Year at the British Journalism Awards for his work on the war in Ukraine, as well as being shortlisted for the London Press Club Awards. His most recent project was an investigation into the UK's prepayment meter scandal, for which he was longlisted for the Paul Foot Award and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils. He holds a PhD in urban history and is a volunteer mentor with the Journalism Diversity Fund

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It’s high time for a national debate on whether lead water pipes should be replaced

ANALYSIS In the EU, officials have recently halved the level at which they say lead should be found in drinking water. The UK has been left having to catch up

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It’s high time for a national debate on whether lead water pipes should be replaced

Schoolchildren exposed to drinking water containing dangerous levels of lead

Girl Guides' row as charity seeks to sell off five activity centres in money-saving drive

Green levies should be funded through taxes, campaigners say as they return to household bills

Families in debt set to face forced installation of prepayment meters again

The other places around the world where Wagner mercenaries operate and what will they do next

Forced installation of prepay meters made easier after warrants deemed 'boring' for magistrates

Mortgage lenders abruptly removing deals is causing more harm to fragile market, brokers warn

Crispin Odey facing FCA probe over sex assault allegations as major banks review ties

Dramatic before-and-after satellite images reveal flood destruction after Ukraine dam attack

Apple’s new Vision Pro augmented reality headset explained

Calls to halt forced-fitting prepayment meters in Europe as UK looks to restart court warrants

Energy firms still threatening to force install prepayment meters despite court ban on warrants

Energy firms are still forcing entry into homes, but Government officials don't know why

Dramatic images show how coastal erosion is eating away at England's vanishing coastline

Shell force-fitted more than 4,000 prepayment meters last year while making £32bn in profits

£160m in vouchers for families on legacy prepayment meters still unclaimed as deadline looms

Ofgem's new prepayment meter code simply not good enough, Ed Miliband warns

'Important' China study lends strength to wild animal Covid origin theory

Will Finland join Nato? Why the Turkey vote clears the way to join and if Sweden will follow

British Gas, Scottish Power and Ovo force-fitted 70% of prepay meters as energy bills rocketed

‘He’s no better than Postman Pat’: Why Boris Johnson has work to do to win over Uxbridge voters

BBC chairman under further pressure over claims he helped friend get a job at the corporation

Energy firms force-fitted 92,000 prepay meters, a 41% increase, as bills rocketed last year

Prepayment meter customers will be charged the same as those on direct debits, Hunt confirms

Ban on forced installation of prepayment meters to be extended 'indefinitely'

Prepayment meter energy 'penalty' to be scrapped, saving customers £45 a year, Hunt to announce

Labour would change law to permanently ban 'vile' force-fitting of prepayment energy meters

As Centrica posts record profits, prepayment meter families are in the dark over compensation

MPs call for Centrica to use 'obscene' profits to compensate prepayment meter victims

Energy firms threaten higher bills for all customers after prepayment meter ban

Energy firms agree to stop forcing vulnerable families on to prepayment meters