who was deputy leader of the Labour Party between 1997 and 2007, leaves a wife and two sons. As well as being PM Tony Blair's deputy in government. John Prescott MP also held briefs in housing ...

John Prescott was always a friend and inspiration to me. He used to phone me up after Prime Minister questions to give his verdict, and join me on campaign trips as Labour ’s deputy leader.

Old and unpopular policies had been stripped away in the years since Labour's defeat in 1992. The party's ideas and image were revamped to present the voters what deputy leader John Prescott ...

At Labour's morning press conference yesterday Mr Blair said Mr Prescott regretted the confrontation. 'He felt a blow on the side of his head and reacted instinctively. In respect of John ...

Labour's high command finally felt the full ... confident launch of the party manifesto. But it ended with John Prescott, Her Majesty's Deputy Prime Minister, brawling with a protester in a ...

Whether a former deputy Prime Minister infamous for throwing a punch, to a Scottish independence campaigner and former First Minister, 2024 saw the deaths of several political heavyweights.

Labour's welfare cuts projected to push 50,000 more children into poverty A damning line in the government's own impact assessment of its multibillion pound benefit cuts says 250,000 more people ...

Labour MP: VAT charge on private schools could make elitist system more elitist The amount of VAT imposed on private schools should be based on turnover, to prevent smaller schools getting "caught ...

Old and unpopular policies had been stripped away in the years since Labour's defeat in 1992. The party's ideas and image were revamped to present the voters what deputy leader John Prescott ...