John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has died at the age of 86, his family has announced. The ex-trade union activist and Labour Party veteran died peacefully at his care home following a battle with Alzheimer’s, his wife Pauline and sons Johnathan and David said yesterday.

John Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and a central figure in Tony Blair's Labour government, has passed away at the age of

Dubbed an old-school political 'bruiser', he famously punched a member of the public during an election campaign in 2001, after he had been hit by an egg