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Papers from the National Archives show Tony Blair was warned of an immigration surge from Eastern Europe following the 2004 EU expansion

Cabinet was split over east European countries joining in 2004, with some ‘extremely concerned’ by its implications

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

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

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’.

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

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 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 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…