Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • Meta global affairs chief Clegg to be replaced by Republican Kaplan
    • Stand-off in South Korea as investigators try to arrest impeached president
    • Trump uses New Orleans attack to push security and border agenda
    • Tories seek UK probe into rape gangs as Musk spat with Starmer escalates
    • Dollar surges against the euro and sterling
  • UK
    Sections
    • UK Home
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
    Most Read
    • Tories seek UK probe into rape gangs as Musk spat with Starmer escalates
    • Dollar surges against the euro and sterling
    • UK heading for tax rises despite return to growth, economists say
    • Farage and why Badenoch does not have time to ‘watch this space’
    • Ten things to tick off your financial to-do list in 2025
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Meta global affairs chief Clegg to be replaced by Republican Kaplan
    • Musk is standing in the way as Bezos reaches for orbit
    • Tesla’s annual deliveries drop for first time since 2011
    • Hedge funds Citadel and Millennium gain 15% in 2024
    • China’s electric-vehicle leader BYD posts record sales in 2024
  • Tech
    Sections
    • Tech Home
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
    Most Read
    • Meta global affairs chief Clegg to be replaced by Republican Kaplan
    • Can France become a global AI powerhouse?
    • Nvidia invested $1bn in AI deals in 2024
    • US investors in China venture funds race to comply with new tech rules
    • AI-generated phishing scams target corporate executives
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    Most Read
    • Dollar surges against the euro and sterling
    • Hedge funds Citadel and Millennium gain 15% in 2024
    • Ten things to tick off your financial to-do list in 2025
    • Ex-crypto chief Do Kwon brought to New York to face fraud charges
    • Crypto industry dreams of a golden era under Trump
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Musk is standing in the way as Bezos reaches for orbit
    • Farage and why Badenoch does not have time to ‘watch this space’
    • Why it’s hard to be a friend of America
    • Things have to get worse to get better
    • Undersea sabotage response is a dangerous business
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
    Most Read
    • Secrets of an airline points millionaire
    • Can France become a global AI powerhouse?
    • Pensions: the industry where women are in charge
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • One hundred million fans cannot make you famous
    • Secrets of an airline points millionaire
    • WNU, the fashionista’s favourite shirtmaker, now makes blazers, too 
    • Social pressure holds back sales of alcohol-free drinks, research finds
    • ‘Do 50 press-ups and a daily meditation’ – the 10 wisdoms of Yohji Yamamoto
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • UK
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

John Prescott

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    UK immigration
    Cabinet warned Blair against free movement of new EU citizens from Poland

    Concern expressed by John Prescott and Jack Straw in 2004 over possible migration wave later borne out in Brexit vote

    Jack Straw, John Prescott and Tony Blair
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Obituary
    John Prescott, UK politician, 1938-2024

    Former deputy prime minister central to the New Labour project was one of the party’s most popular figures

    John Prescott campaigns outside Fife House
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies aged 86

    Politician was central to Tony Blair’s New Labour project

    John Prescott
  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2016
    UK politics
    BBC to put 11,000 recipes in the deep freeze

    Move causes confusion with 120,000 signing petition saying it is ‘madness to remove archive’

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 25: The people stand outside the Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC on July 25, 2015 in London, England. The main Art Deco-style building of the British Broadcasting Corporation was officially opened on 15 May 1932 and has since seen extensive refurbishment with an extension to the main building completed in 2005. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2015
    UK politics
    Umunna calls for calm after Prescott attacks

    Former deputy prime minister accuses shadow business secretary and Tristram Hunt of disloyalty

    Former Labour party deputy prime minister John Prescott speaks at a campaign event for Andy Burnham, Labour party leadership candidate
  • Friday, 27 March, 2015
    Life & Arts
    The sludge report

    In the era of coalition, the political tie is becoming more and more muddy coloured

  • Sunday, 5 October, 2014
    World
    Senior Labour figures criticise Ed Miliband

    John Prescott dismisses leader’s performance and strategy as weak

  • Friday, 20 June, 2014
    Brian GroomBrian Groom
    A great northern conurbation

    M62 ‘supercity’ could achieve so much more

    Volunteer Matthew Jackson works on Planet, a replica of George Stephenson's 1830 steam locomotive, at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry on April 29, 2008, Manchester, England. The museum has put out an appeal for more volunteers to keep it's steam collection on track at the site. The museum houses the Liverpool and Manchester railway built in 1830 and is the oldest surviving passenger rail sation in the world.
  • Sunday, 18 August, 2013
    UK politics
    Shadow ministers defend Ed Miliband over ‘quiet summer’ attacks
    Labour leader Ed Miliband tours the East Street market where he was pelted with eggs by a protester.
  • Friday, 16 November, 2012
    UK economy
    Mainstream parties wounded in police polls
  • Thursday, 15 November, 2012
    World
    Cameron hails chance to vote for police chiefs
  • Tuesday, 13 November, 2012
    UK coalition government
    Candidate pledges to investigate every crime
  • Monday, 1 October, 2012
    World
    Speak, or forever hold your notes
  • Monday, 20 August, 2012
    World
    Tory police policy in for ‘bumpy night’
  • Friday, 15 June, 2012
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Refined dining

    Shaped in an age of scarcity, our appetite for sugar, fat and salt now torments us. But there is hope

    Martin Parr's 'GB. England. New British. Ramsgate. 1996'
  • Tuesday, 22 May, 2012
    ReviewLife & Arts
    A Marvellous Year for Plums, Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex, UK

    The innumerable parts of this historical-political drama don’t quite add up to a satisfactory whole

  • Wednesday, 7 March, 2012
    LombardInsurance
    Policeman’s lot includes perverse pay

    The use of private contractors in law enforcement is unexceptionable

  • Wednesday, 7 March, 2012
    UK companies
    Cuts prompt police to use more contractors
  • Friday, 24 February, 2012
    World
    Labour MP charged over alleged brawl
  • Thursday, 23 February, 2012
    UK economy
    Former union chief sues NGN over hacking claims
  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2012
    Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
    Cherie Blair sues News Group and Mulcaire
  • Friday, 10 February, 2012
    UK coalition government
    Prescott to apply for police commissioner job
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2012
    Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
    Campbell says ministers shying away from press curbs
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2012
    Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
    Murdoch executives deleted hacking emails, says judge
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2012
    Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
    Furious film star settles hacking claim
Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareersSuppliers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsSubscription ManagerNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT Live EventsFT ForumsBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2025. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Edition:UK
International
Subscribe for full access

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
  • UK
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Alphaville
  • FT Edit
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Schools
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • FT Digital Edition
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In