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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’.

I'm instinctively suspicious of restaurants with large menus. How on earth can anything actually be fresh? And I feel the same way about writers who will happily offer an opinion on any subject. Surely they can't be an expert on everything? It is for this reason that I try to…

Persistent offenders will face up to two years in prison under Respect orders, as police get powers to seize vehicles

Yvette Cooper harked back to Tony Blair’s anti-social behaviour crackdown, launching ‘respect orders’ for repeat offenders and giving police tough new powers

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

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.

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…

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

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…