Amid the slick, middle class polish of New Labour, John Prescott personified a blunt grit; proudly working class, proud of his trades union background, proud to bind his party’s past with its present.

John Prescott was an old-style political bruiser who played a vital role in the New Labour project. He scorned what he called ...

The charismatic deputy prime minister, who has died at the age of 86, was known best for punching a member of the electorate ...

The Labour Party is fond of balance. When smooth, middle class barrister Tony Blair became its leader in 1994, plain-speaking ...

Former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died at age 86. Prescott’s family announced his death on Thursday.

Former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair, has died, aged 86. His working-class ...

John Prescott, Britain's longest-serving deputy prime minister who died on Wednesday, was indispensable to Tony Blair's New ...

King Charles and Sir Tony Blair led tributes to former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86 ...

He’s remembered for multiple controversies but Prescott’s legacy is really more about his work on the climate and devolution.

The political bruiser who helped build New Labour - The ex-deputy prime minister was a key figure in Tony Blair’s ...

He was a cruise ship waiter before rising in the trade union movement and becoming one of the country’s best-known Labour ...

Prescott was central to Blair’s campaign to modernise the party in the 1990s. His place in the Labour Party’s history annals ...