A proposed memorial statue of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in his adopted home city of Hull has been rejected.

Lord Prescott's son David finished his eulogy with the speech his father gave to the East Hull Labour Party in 1968 as he pitched to be the local MP, saying: “John always had the last word”.

John Prescott, former deputy prime minister of the UK between 1997 and 2007, has passed away at the age of 86. Prescott’s family shared the news early on Thursday morning, announcing that the former ...

John was a complicated man, wrestling frequently with the tangle of altruism and ambition that motivates political animals" Prescott possessed "deep principles" but was also determined to "make ...

A memorial statue to honour politician and Labour Party "giant" Lord John Prescott has been refused at a full meeting of Hull City Council. The former deputy prime minister, deputy Labour leader, MP ...

King Charles and Sir Tony Blair led tributes to former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86 after battling Alzheimer’s. The King hailed the Labour veteran’s “decades of ...

Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86 By: Jill Lawless, The Associated Press Posted: 3:58 AM CST Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 Last Modified ...

FILE -Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott as he speaks to delegates at the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, England, Sept. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis, File) AJP RL ...

- John Prescott Prescott, who taught in the field of bacterial diseases, told CBC's Kitchener-Waterloo's The Morning Edition that antimicrobial resistance is of growing concern.

Tony Blair described Prescott as the "guardian" of the party's conscience, a "working-class boy from a small Welsh town, who rose to the highest ranks of the land by merit, by graft, by greatness ...