John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has died at the age of 86, his family has announced. The ex-trade union activist and Labour Party veteran died peacefully at his care home following a battle with Alzheimer’s, his wife Pauline and sons Johnathan and David said yesterday.

Britain’s longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, was surrounded by his family and his favourite jazz music when he died. | ITV National News

Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served under Tony Blair and helped transform the country’s Labour Party, John Prescott is dead.