Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ at funeral of John Prescott

The coffin of John Prescott is carried out of Hull Minster Picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have paid tribute to a “working class hero” who “rose to the highest ranks of the land” at the funeral of John Prescott.

Senior figures from past and current Labour governments gathered at Hull Minster on Thursday to remember the former deputy prime minister who died in November aged 86.