John Prescott was “always met with a reception like Beatlemania”, the Prime Minister has said. In a House of Commons tribute ...

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

LONDON (AP) — British politician John Prescott, a pugnacious and personable former merchant seaman who rose to the post of ...

John Prescott, the pugnacious deputy prime minister to Britain's Tony Blair during his 10 years in government, has died aged ...

That's just one of the reasons Prescott is often compared to the current deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, noted The ...

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

The former trade union activist died “peacefully” after a battle with Alzheimer's. He was a key figure of Tony Blair’s New ...

Angela Rayner sought inspiration from John Prescott's rise to the near top of the Labour Party and the country.

Britain's former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and with him helped transform the country's ...

The ex-deputy prime minister was a key figure in Tony Blair’s modernisation project – only to later distance himself from his ...

The BBC's political editor for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Tim Iredale, described Prescott as a "man of the people". Karl ...