Former prime ministers Sir 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 Lord 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.

Former prime ministers Sir 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 Lord 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.