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Letters: Lord Prescott obituary

Nick Bailey writes: John Prescott contributed greatly to urban development and regeneration

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Lord Prescott obituary

Angela Singer writes: John viewed those who caused the prison riot as people in difficult circumstances

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Lord Prescott obituary

Keith Seacroft writes: He would share bits of the latest news about Hull, always a great example of an MP who represented broader interests than his own.

The Guardian - UK

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Play tells of Kyoto’s last-minute climate deal – a story repeated in summits since

Malign influence exerted by negotiators for fossil-fuel lobby dramatised in production transferring to London

The Guardian - UK

John Prescott packed a punch for the environment

Letters: Kate Ashbrook offers a reminder of his support for the right to roam and national parks, and Ben Piper recalls his role in convening a water summit. Plus letters from Ruth Blunt and Aidan Roddy

The Guardian - UK

John Prescott ‘got a reception like Beatlemania’, Prime Minister says in tribute

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led tributes to Lord Prescott, who died last week, calling him a ‘towering figure in the Labour movement and in this House’.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Badenoch refuses to commit to reversing rise in employers’ national insurance in speech at CBI – as it happened

Tory leader says she will not ‘comment on every bit of micro-policy’

The Guardian - UK

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The John Prescott I knew: Blair’s ‘beautiful people’ tried to erase him – he had other plans

Once frozen out by the New Labour elite, John Prescott fought his way in from the cold to become a loyal deputy leader. Toby Helm recalls a bruising political career

The Guardian - UK

Why it was such a joy to interview John Prescott and discover his sweet, sad soul

The former deputy prime minister, who died this week, spoke freely and didn’t care what journalists thought of him – he was everything today’s guarded politicians are not

The Guardian - UK

The Prescott punch: what a 2001 brawl between a deputy prime minister and a voter tells us about the changing nature of British politics

The warm tributes paid to John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister who has died aged 86, reflect a memorable politician of a seemingly bygone era. While his achievements over a long career were vast, the enduring image for most people is of Prescott punching a voter during the 2001…

The Conversation

Sports quiz of the week: a rapid rise, a record losing run and social media beef

Test your memory of the last seven days in football, boxing, tennis, rugby and more

The Guardian - UK

‘He was for us’: everyone has anecdotes about John Prescott in his village

Residents of Sutton in Hull remember the former MP and deputy prime minister who became ‘a proper Hully’

The Guardian - UK

Gavin and Stacey, ice and a swift pint: Colourful reasons why John Prescott made headlines so often

Punching a protester wasn’t the only thing the former deputy prime minister was known for

The Independent UK

Kind, belligerent, and the man all sides trusted: that’s the John Prescott I knew

He was the soul and conscience of Labour and persuaded millions to keep the faith – even when Blair sorely tested it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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King in personal tribute to ‘unique and indomitable’ Lord Prescott

The two met many times over the years, with Charles initially left puzzled by the politician’s habit of balancing his cup of tea on his stomach.

The Guardian - UK

‘His robustness had a dignity to it’: readers’ encounters with John Prescott

Veteran Labour politician, who has died aged 86, was ‘very intelligent’ but ‘with no airs about him’

Evening Standard

OPINION - John Prescott's death feels like the demise of the real Old Labour

Tony Blair said this morning that he felt “devastated” by the death of John Prescott, his deputy when he was prime minister. And no wonder. Prescott was, he observed, the “yin to his yang”, or possibly the other way round, someone from a less privileged background from him, a different…

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Rúben Amorim: the most hyped Premier League newbie since 2016

In today’s Football Daily: The ticking clock to what really matters

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‘No regrets’, says man who threw egg at John Prescott

Craig Evans threw an egg at Lord Prescott who had just got off his campaign bus to speak at a Labour Party general election rally in Wales in 2001.

The Guardian - UK

Lord Prescott obituary

Veteran Labour politician and trade unionist who served as deputy prime minister under Tony Blair for 10 years

Evening Standard

Who was John Prescott’s lover Tracey Temple? The late deputy PM's affair

In 2006, it was revealed that Mr Prescott had been involved in an extra-marital affair, rocking his political career

The Conversation

John Prescott – the glue that held New Labour together in more ways than one

Although it is a cliche to call someone a giant of their profession, it is an apt description of Lord John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86. He was a giant of the Labour movement who played a vital role in supporting Tony Blair in leading the…

The Guardian - UK

John Prescott, a ‘critical force’ in climate policy, will be missed at Cop29

His tenacity in pushing crucial deals over the line in Kyoto and Copenhagen was born of belief in social justice

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British Politician John Prescott, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Dies

John Prescott, former British deputy prime minister and advocate for social justice and environmental causes, passes away at 86. Remembered for his resilie...

Evening Standard

John Prescott's career highs and lows as the former deputy prime minister dies aged 86

Prescott passed away on Wednesday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced

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