Six reasons Labour's current Cabinet are pipsqueaks compared to the big beasts of old
Prescott, who had been an amateur boxer during his days as a merchant seaman, turned down an instruction from Tony Blair to ...
I had the privilege of attending the funeral of John Prescott - this is what it was like
Local Democracy Reporter Andrew Spence was one of the invitees to attend the funeral of John Prescott in Hull on Thursday (Jan 30). He tells us what it was like.
Doncaster Free Press4h
Doncaster MPs join Prime Ministers in paying respects at John Prescott funeral
Doncaster politicians joined Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and former PMs Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in paying their ...
Palatinate5h
Rachel on the ropes?
July 2024 saw Rachel Reeves become the UK’s first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, a landmark achievement. Yet six months on, there have been rumours that she could be sacked. The question is, why?
Judges involved in Sara Sharif proceedings named after Court of Appeal ruling
Judge Alison Raeside, Judge Peter Nathan and Judge Sally Williams were all involved in family court proceedings related to ...
Damning report shows how years of Tory failure impacted violence against women
The National Audit Office says it 'cannot be confident' that Government departments have done the best they can, pointing to ...
Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ at funeral of John Prescott
Senior figures from past and current Labour governments gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister.
Socialist Worker18h
Peter Mandelson reinvents himself as US ambassador
Peter Mandelson, architect of New Labour and a professional groveler, has been confirmed as the new British Ambassador to ...
A send-off fit for 'Two Jags' Prezza! Two black Jaguar cars lead the procession at the funeral of ex-deputy PM John Prescott as Keir Starmer, Tony Blair and Gordon Brow…
Senior figures from Labour's past and present were among 300 family, friends and ex-colleagues at today's service to remember ...
John Prescott funeral in pictures as Labour grandees past and present honour former deputy prime minister in Hull
The service at Hull Minster was attended by three Labour Prime Ministers, as well as several other current and former MPs ...
Blair praises 'extraordinary' Prescott at funeral
John Prescott's achievements were "extraordinary", said former Prime Minister Tony Blair at his funeral. Delivering his eulogy at Hull Minster on Thursday, Blair said Prescott was a "complicated man, ...