United Kingdom's John Prescott, pugnacious deputy Prime Minister to Tony Blair, dies at 86 Dubbed an old-school political 'bruiser', he famously punched a member of the public during an election ...

Prescott was MP for Kingston upon Hull East for 40 years and served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007.

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and helped him transform the country’s Labour party, has died aged 86, his ...

Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served under Tony Blair and helped transform the country’s Labour Party, John Prescott is dead.

King Charles described Lord John Prescott as a "unique and indomitable character" in a poignant tribute to the former deputy prime minister. During the monarch's warm and personal reflection, he ...

Tributes have flooded in for John Prescott, Britain’s longest-serving deputy prime minister, following his death aged 86. Lord Prescott’s family, who announced he had died after living with ...

The King has paid a warm personal tribute to Lord Prescott, saying he remembered with “great fondness his unique and indomitable character” and “infectious sense of humour”. Charles hailed ...

After all, this was a working-class lad who left school aged 15, then worked his way up from the kitchens on a Cunard Liner aged 17 to become Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer’s, with Sir Tony Blair leading tributes to him as a “committed and loyal” public servant.

John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK) under Tony Blair's Labour government, has died aged 86, his family announced on Thursday.