John Prescott’s guilty secret? He was New Labour’s key moderniser. Despite his fearsome reputation as a fire-breathing lefty, the former deputy prime minister was instrumental in reforming the ...

John Prescott: The Labour firebrand who became Tony Blair’s vital sidekick 07:40, Alex Croft. A highlight of the lacklustre 2001 general election campaign was the “Prescott punch”.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott speaks in support of Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, at a campaign event in Scarborough, May 22, 2017.

John Prescott became a Labour frontbench spokesman in May 1979 and joined the shadow cabinet in 1983, gaining a reputation as a pugnacious and knowledgeable spokesman on transport.

A highlight of the lacklustre 2001 general election campaign was the “Prescott punch”. John Prescott, Labour’s deputy prime minister, was incensed by a protester who hit him with an egg.

John Prescott, who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Labour MP for four decades, died peacefully on Wednesday at a care home where he had been living with Alzheimer's ...

The Deputy Prime Minister should be deployed as a John Prescott figure to connect with the party, Labour MPs say ...

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair pays tribute to John Prescott A lthough we all knew that the end was approaching and was inevitable, I am devastated by John’s passing.

Tributes have flooded in after the family of John Prescott announced his death, aged 86, from complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News ...

John Prescott: Labour's pugnacious stalwart who pulled no punches. After the announcement of Lord Prescott's death aged 86, we take a look back at the full and forceful life of one of Labour's ...

John Prescott became a Labour frontbench spokesman in May 1979 and joined the shadow cabinet in 1983, gaining a reputation as a pugnacious and knowledgeable spokesman on transport.