John Prescott's Hull funeral draws Labour veterans as Reeves vows Heathrow third runway within decade: Latest

Labour ministers have begun to arrive at Lord John Prescott’s funeral. More than 300 family members, friends and colleagues have been invited to Lord Prescott’s service at Hull Minster. Lord Prescott, who served as deputy prime minister under Sir Tony Blair between 1997 and 2007, died on November 20 last year aged 86 in a nursing home where he had been living with Alzheimer’s.

It comes as Rachell Reeves signalled Heathrow ’s third runway could be built and in use by 2035. Asked for a timeline on the plans, which she backed on Wednesday, the Chancellor told BBC Breakfast: “We want to see spades in the ground in this Parliament.” Pressed when flights would take off from the airport, the Chancellor added: “I think we can get that done in a decade.



” Ms Reeves support for Heathrow will see her face down Labour critics and environmental campaigners, and figures from the aviation industry have voiced scepticism about the plans. Meanwhile, health secretary Wes Streeting has warned “the culture of routine overspending without consequences is over”, as he unveiled a new, trimmed-down mandate for the NHS..