Tributes have been paid to Lord John Prescott, a major figure in Labour politics and the former deputy prime minister, following his death at the age of 86. Known for his blunt, no-nonsense style ...

By Stephen Castle Reporting from London John Prescott, who rose through Britain’s trade union movement to become one of the country’s best-known politicians, serving as deputy prime minister ...

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has died at the age of 86, his family has announced. The former trade union activist and Labour veteran died “peacefully” at his care home following a battle ...

John Prescott, the pugnacious deputy prime minister to Britain’s Tony Blair during his 10 years in government, has died at age 86 after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said Thursday.

John Prescott has died at the age of 86, his family revealed today. The former Labour MP and peer passed away to the sound of his favourite jazz music and surrounded with loved-ones at his care ...

Tributes have been paid to former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott, who has died aged 86. Lord Prescott, a former trade union activist and ex-merchant seaman who went on to be a key ...

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's. He had been living in a care home following a stroke in 2019 and passed away "peacefully ...

The funeral of John Prescott, former Labour deputy prime minister, has taken place at Hull Minster Former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a eulogy to his "personal friend" and "good man" Prescott ...

Former home secretary David Blunkett, who served in Sir Tony Blair’s cabinet alongside John Prescott, described him as 'tenacious, sometimes furious and always committed'. In a statement on X ...

John Prescott was a nice man and an underestimated wit. I once worked as a researcher on my late colleague Colin Brown’s biography of him, Fighting Talk, published in 1997, just before Prescott ...

UK's John Prescott: the Bridge Who Held Old and New Labour Together for Tony Blair By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - John Prescott, Britain's longest-serving deputy prime minister who died on ...

A highlight of the lacklustre 2001 general election campaign was the “Prescott punch”. John Prescott, Labour’s deputy prime minister, was incensed by a protester who hit him with an egg.