Britain's former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who was known among other things for his work on the Kyoto Protocol climate change agreement in 1997, has died in a care home, aged 86, his family ...

While the UK is not obliged to have deputy prime ministers, some of the most influential politicians of modern times have had ...

While the UK is not obliged to have deputy prime ministers, some of the most influential politicians of modern times have had ...

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.

The praise heaped on John Prescott who died on Wednesday is proof that the job of deputy prime minister is worth having.

OF all the tributes paid to John Prescott, perhaps the most acute came via Al Gore ... When he was chair of the Labour Party in Scotland – the first of many party allegiances – his gig was ­always ...

The Homestart Quiz Night I mentioned last week was a triumph in every respect. We raised hundreds of pounds for such a good ...